Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

real socialism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: re-al -so-cial-ism
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

pragmatic socialism, practical socialism, a form of socialism which attempts to reach tangible goals perceived to be feasible instead of primarily focusing on adherence to Marxist-Leninist theory.

Uncountable

Etymology

A calque of German Realsozialismus, from real (“real-world, practical, non-idealistic”) + Sozialismus (“socialism”), q.v., with influence from English real (“actual, nonimaginary”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Realsozialismus

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

real-socialism (alternative)

Questions

What does real socialism mean?: pragmatic socialism, practical socialism, a form of socialism which attempts to reach tangible goals perceived to be feasible instead of primarily focusing on adherence to Marxist-Leninist theory.
Where does real socialism come from?: It is traced to German.

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