different between social vs socialism

English

Etymology

From Middle French social, from Latin soci?lis (“of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, fellow, partner, associate, ally”), from sequor (“follow”). Cognate with English seg (“man, companion, fellow”). More at seg.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s????l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?so?.??l/
• Rhymes: -????l

Adjective

social (comparative more social, superlative most social)

1. Being extroverted or outgoing.
2. Of or relating to society.

3. (Internet) Relating to social media or social networks.

4. (rare) Relating to a nation's allies.

   the Social War

5. (botany, zoology) Cooperating or growing in groups.

Antonyms

• antisocial
• unsocial
• asocial

Derived terms

Related terms

• sociality
• societal

Translations

Noun

social (countable and uncountable, plural socials)

1. A festive gathering to foster introductions.

2. (Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money for a couple to be married.
3. (Britain, colloquial, with definite article) Clipping of social security.

4. (US, colloquial) Clipping of social security number.

5. (dated, Ireland) A dinner dance event, usually held annually by a company or sporting club.
6. (Canada) Clipping of social studies.
7. (Internet, informal, uncountable) Clipping of social media.
8. (Internet, informal, countable) A social media account.

Translations

References

• social in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• social in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “social” in Collins English Dictionary, 10th edition, London: Collins, 2010, ?ISBN; reproduced on Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 15 July 2017.

Anagrams

• scolia

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

social (epicene, plural sociales)

1. social

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis, attested from 1803.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /so.si?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /su.si?al/

Adjective

social (masculine and feminine plural socials)

1. social

Derived terms

Related terms

• soci

References

Further reading

• “social” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “social” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “social” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From French social, from Latin soci?lis (“concerning a partner or an ally”), an adjective derived from the noun socius (“partner, ally”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so??æ?l], [?o??æ?l]

Adjective

social (neuter socialt, plural and definite singular attributive sociale)

1. social
2. sociable

Further reading

• “social” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “social” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis (“of or belonging to a companion, companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, ally”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.sjal/
• Hyphenation: so?cial
• (Paris)
• Homophones: sociale, sociales

Adjective

social (feminine singular sociale, masculine plural sociaux, feminine plural sociales)

1. social, related to society, community

2. social, living in society

3. mundane, related to social life

Synonyms

• grégaire

Antonyms

• antisocial
• asocial

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

social m (plural sociaux)

1. action intended to make society work better

Further reading

• “social” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

social m or f (plural sociais)

1. social

Derived terms

• socializar
• socialmente

Further reading

• “social” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Etymology

Ellipsis of social network.

Noun

social m (plural social)

1. social network
2. (in the plural) social media

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1355, borrowed from Latin soci?lis.

Adjective

social m (feminine singular sociale, masculine plural sociaulx, feminine plural sociales)

1. allied (on the same side)
2. social (tending to spend time with others)

Descendants

• ? English: social
• French: social

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (social, supplement)

Occitan

Alternative forms

• sociau (Gascony)

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [su?sjal]

Adjective

social m (feminine singular sociala, masculine plural socials, feminine plural socialas)

1. social (relating to society)

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?t??al/

Adjective

social

1. social

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.?sja?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.si.?aw/, /so.?sjaw/

Adjective

social m or f (plural sociais, comparable)

1. social (relating to society)
2. (business) social (relating to business firms)
3. social; outgoing; extroverted

   Synonyms: sociável, extrovertido

   Antonyms: anti-social, associal

4. (ecology) social (living in large groups)
5. for use by the residents of an apartment block, as opposed to maintenance workers or deliverymen

Derived terms

Related terms

• sócio

Noun

social m, f (plural sociais)

1. (Brazil, informal) a small party between close people or friends

Further reading

• “social” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French social.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?so.t??i?al/

Adjective

social m or n (feminine singular social?, masculine plural sociali, feminine and neuter plural sociale)

1. social (of or relating to society)

Declension

Further reading

• social in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis (“of or belonging to a companion, companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, ally”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /so??jal/, [so??jal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /so?sjal/, [so?sjal]
• Hyphenation: so?cial

Adjective

social (plural sociales)

1. social

Derived terms

Further reading

• “social” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sosi???l/, /so????l/

Adjective

social (comparative mer social, superlative mest social)

1. (not comparable) social, pertaining to living conditions and society (of an issue)
2. social, kind, friendly, welcoming, outgoing (of a person)

   Synonyms: utåtriktad, sällskaplig, föreningsintresserad

Declension

Related terms

References

• social in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• social in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Etymology

Attested since 1832; either from French socialisme or from social +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?so???l?z?m/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s????l?z?m/
• Hyphenation: so?cial?ism

Noun

socialism (usually uncountable, plural socialisms)

1. Any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.
   1. A system of social and economic equality in which there is no private property.
      • 1918, National Economic League Quarterly, page 19

        …Americans as a rule have no faith in the fundamental doctrine of socialism — no private property. To be sure, that fundamental doctrine is not expressly maintained in this program of the British Labor Party ; but all its proposals lead straight to the adoption by the nation of that doctrine…

   2. A system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state.
      • 2005, Louise Shelley, Policing Soviet Society: The Evolution of State Control, Routledge (?ISBN), page 57:

        As Gorbachev understood perestroika, the Soviet Union would retain the principal components of state socialism (state control over the means of production and centralized planning), meaning that state control over the economy and the labor force were to be maintained.

2. (Marxism-Leninism) The intermediate phase of social development between capitalism and communism in Marxist theory in which the state has control of the means of production.
   1. Any of a group of later political philosophies such democratic socialism and social democracy which do not envisage the need for full state ownership of the means of production nor transition to full communism, and which are typically based on principles of community decision making, social equality and the avoidance of economic and social exclusion, with economic policy giving first preference to community goals over individual ones.
   • 1978, Daniel Bell, The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism, Basic Books, page xii:

     For me, socialism is not statism, or the collective ownership of the means of production. It is a judgment on the priorities of economic policy…the community takes precedence over the individual in legitimate economic policy. The first lien on the resources of a society therefore should be to establish that "social minimum" which would allow individuals to lead a life of self-respect, to be members of the community.

3. (US politics, colloquial) Any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, etc.
   • 2017, Greg Hoey, Perth & The Big Sleep: Other Essays, Lulu Press, Inc ?ISBN

     I really think most socialists and socialism is pure evil, as evil as the government socialism/handouts that many of our wealthy elites and big corporations, including our politicians seem to expect from the ordinary tax-payer.

Antonyms

• capitalism
• free enterprise

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “socialism”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• “socialism”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• “socialism” in Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd rev. and updated edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, ?ISBN; reproduced on Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 15 July 2017.

Anagrams

• sialomics

Romanian

Etymology

From French socialisme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so.t??i.a?lism/

Noun

socialism n (uncountable)

1. socialism

Declension

Further reading

• socialism in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

Noun

socialism c

1. socialism

Declension

Antonyms

• kapitalism (“capitalism”)

Derived terms

• marknadssocialism (“market socialism”)
• nationalsocialism (“National Socialism”)

Related terms

• social (“social”)
• socialisation (“socialisation, socialization”)
• socialisera (“socialise, socialize”)
• socialisering (“socialisation, socialization”)
• socialist (“socialist, Socialist”)
• socialistisk (“socialist, socialistic, Socialist (all adjectives)”)