Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

social democracy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables: so-cial democ-ra-cy
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A moderate left-wing political philosophy or ideology that aims to achieve socialist (socialistic) goals within a democratic society such as by means of a strong welfare state and nationalisation of private industry.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A society based on this ideology.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The congress declared that international social democracy and the trade unions under its control were the mainstay of capitalism, and Communist parties were ordered to concentrate all their efforts against the 'social Fascists'."

Usage

Inflected Forms

social democracies (plural)

Phrases

social democrat social democratic social-democratically democratic socialism

Frequently Paired Words

social democrat social democratic social-democratically democratic socialism

Questions

What does social democracy mean?: A moderate left-wing political philosophy or ideology that aims to achieve socialist (socialistic) goals within a democratic society such as by means of a strong welfare state and nationalisation of private industry.

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