How do you pronounce socialist?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/.

socialist

/ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables: so-cial-ist
IPA: /ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/

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Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.

noun

One who supports or advocates socialism.

adj

Of, belonging to, or constituting a party or political group that advocates socialism.

noun

A member of a party or political group that advocates socialism.

Example Sentences

"[…]it must be remembered that in a Socialist farm or manufactory, each labourer would be under the eye not of one master, but of the whole community."
"I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals."
"As an inquisitive teenager growing up in provincial eastern Germany, Katja Hoyer one day raised a question in class. How was her teacher suddenly able to switch from all those years of teaching history and politics from a triumphant socialist perspective to that of a new, western-led curriculum?"
"A contest, who can do most for the common good, is not the kind of competition which Socialists repudiate."
"An intelligent Socialist movement will use their patriotism, instead of merely insulting it, as hitherto."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English socialist From social + -ist.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/
British English: /ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/

Inflected Forms

more socialist (comparative) most socialist (superlative) socialists (plural)

Derived Forms

antisocialist brocialist ecosocialist envirosocialist Islamosocialist neosocialist nonsocialist palaeosocialist paleosocialist postsocialist presocialist prosocialist

Phrases

anti-socialist champagne socialist democratic socialist eco-socialist enviro-socialist international socialist Marxian socialist National Socialist

Frequently Paired Words

socialism capitalist communist Fabianist fascist leftist Leninist Maoist

Synonyms

socialistic socialist

Antonyms

capitalist capitalistic free enterpriser