different between socialist vs fabian

English

Alternative forms

• Socialist (noun and verb)

Etymology

social +? -ist

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /?s????l?st/
• (US): IPA^(key): /?so?.??.l?st/, IPA^(key): /?so????l?st/

Adjective

socialist (comparative more socialist, superlative most socialist)

1. Of, promoting, practicing, or characteristic of socialism.
   • 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, Book II, Chapter 1:

     ...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.

   • 1949, Albert Einstein, "Why Socialism?", Monthly Review, May 1949:

     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.

Synonyms

• socialistic

Antonyms

• capitalist
• capitalistic

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

socialist (plural socialists)

1. One who practices or advocates socialism.
   • 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, Book II, Chapter 1:

     A contest, who can do most for the common good, is not the kind of competition which Socialists repudiate.

Antonyms

• capitalist
• free enterpriser

Derived terms

Translations

Related terms

• socialism

See also

References

• socialist at OneLook Dictionary Search
• socialist in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• “socialist” 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.
• "socialist" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 286.
• socialist in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to social +? -ist. From French socialiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so?a?lisd?], [?o??a?lisd?]

Noun

socialist c (singular definite socialisten, plural indefinite socialister)

1. socialist

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English socialist, from French socialiste.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /?so?.?a??l?st/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /?so?.s(i.)ja??l?st/
• Hyphenation: so?ci?a?list
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

socialist m (plural socialisten, diminutive socialistje n)

1. socialist [from ca. 1840]

Derived terms

• biefstuksocialist
• salonsocialist
• socialistenvreter
• socialistisch

Related terms

• socialisme

Romanian

Etymology

From French socialiste

Noun

socialist m (plural sociali?ti)

1. socialist

Declension

English

Adjective

fabian (comparative more fabian, superlative most fabian)

1. Alternative form of Fabian