different between socialism vs demo

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)”)

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?m.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?m.o?/
• Rhymes: -?m??

Etymology 1

Clipping of demonstration and various other words beginning with "demo-".

Noun

demo (plural demos)

1. (informal) A demonstration or visual explanation.
2. (informal) A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.

3. (informal) An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.

   Synonym: floor model

4. (informal) A march or gathering to make a political protest.

   Synonyms: march, demonstration

   • 2007, Indra Sinha, Animal's People, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN)

     Elli standing there, takes a sip of her tea, fixes hostile eyes on Somraj and says, ‘Well, what are you waiting for? You signed the petition against yourself, will you now join our demo against you?’

5. (computing, informal) An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.

6. (computing, demoscene, informal) A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
   • 1996, "John Bus", Amiga Domain - An Aussie Scene Party! (on newsgroup alt.sys.amiga.demos)

     This party will have it all for the Amiga scener: demos, competitions, dealers, and huge projection screen and sound system to entertain you.

   • 2007, Game Face (issues 21-25)

     Though the idea of procedural textures has been around for years, they have primarily been exploited by the demo scene, made famous by impressive demos like kkrieger, and haven't hit it big in the game industry yet […]

   • 2008, Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1

     A very successful PC demo from 1993, Second Reality from Future Crew […]

7. (informal) A democrat.
8. (informal, collective) A demographic group.
   • 2005, Market Watch (page 41)

     Our target demo is sports-minded families, and a good part of our clientele is moms who are with dad and the kids.
9. (informal) Demolition.

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of demonstrate.

Verb

demo (third-person singular simple present demos, present participle demoing, simple past and past participle demoed)

1. (informal) To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release.

   The band demoed thirty songs. Their manager thought that ten of the songs would make a good record.

2. (informal) To demonstrate.

Etymology 3

Clipping of demolish.

Verb

demo (third-person singular simple present demos, present participle demoing, simple past and past participle demoed)

1. (informal) To demolish (especially a house or fixture).
   • 2004 June 29, Sonja, Salvage Materials before Demolition of House, quoted in The Owner-Builder Book: Construction Bargain Strategies ?ISBN, page 336:

     This means we are going to demo the house to the dirt, or hopefully leave one wall standing.

Anagrams

• E.D. Mo., Edom, Medo-, dome, mode

Finnish

(index d)

Etymology

Borrowed from English demo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?demo/, [?de?mo?]
• Rhymes: -emo
• Syllabification: de?mo

Noun

demo

1. demo (brief demonstration)

Declension

Derived terms

• demoskene

Anagrams

• Edmo, mode

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese demõ (“demon; devil”), from Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (daím?n, “god, goddess, divine power”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.mo?/

Noun

demo m (plural demos)

1. devil; demon

   Synonyms: diabo, diaño

2. (uncountable) the Devil
3. (figuratively) an evil person

4. (figuratively) a playful kid

References

• “demo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “demo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “demo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “demo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “demo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Noun

demo m (plural demi)

1. demo
2. deme

Anagrams

• mode

Japanese

Romanization

demo

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?de?.mo?/, [?d?e?mo?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?de.mo/, [?d???m?]

Etymology 1

From d?- (“from, away from, out of”) +? em? (“I acquire, I obtain”).

Verb

d?m? (present infinitive d?mere, perfect active d?mps?, supine d?mptum); third conjugation

1. I remove, take away, or subtract

Conjugation

Derived terms

• dempti?
• v?nd?mia

Descendants

• Asturian: demer, dimir

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

d?m?

1. dative singular of d?mos
2. ablative singular of d?mos

References

• demo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• demo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• demo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• demo in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[3]
• demo in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (daím?n, “god, goddess, divine power”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de.mo/

Noun

demo m (plural demões)

1. (uncountable, Christianity) the Devil; Satan

   • E?ta é de como ?anta maria fez cobrar a Theophilo a carta que fezera cono demo u ?e tornou ?eu va??alo.

     This one is (about) how Holy Mary recovered for Theophilos the contract he had made with the Devil and became his vassal.

2. a devil; a demon

   • e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q? a leuarõ. mui to?te ?? tardar

     and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay

Synonyms

• (Satan): diabo, Locifer, satanas
• (devil): demonio, diablo, diaboo, diabre

Descendants

• Galician: demo
• Portuguese: demo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de.mu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?de.mo/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese demo (“demon; devil”), from Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (daím?n, “god, goddess, divine power”).

Noun

demo m (plural demos)

1. devil; demon

   Synonyms: capeta, demónio, diabo, diabrete

Etymology 2

From English demo, from demonstration.

Noun

demo m (plural demos)

1. (computing) demo (a software edition of limited functionality)

Adjective

demo (plural demos, not comparable)

1. (computing, of a software) of limited functionality

Spanish

Noun

demo m (plural demos)

1. (music) demo