different between socialist vs sociable

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

Etymology

From Middle French sociable, from Latin sociabilis.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?so???b?l/

Adjective

sociable (comparative more sociable, superlative most sociable)

1. (of a person) Tending to socialize or be social

   Synonyms: friendly, inviting, congenial

   • c. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline

     Society is no comfort to one not sociable.

2. Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation.

3. (archaic) Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     They are sociable parts united into one body.

4. (obsolete) No longer hostile; friendly.

   • Is the King sociable And bids thee live ?

Antonyms

• (tending to socialize): unsociable

Derived terms

• sociability
• sociableness

Translations

Noun

sociable (plural sociables)

1. A sociable person.
2. (historical) A four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing each other.
3. A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side.
4. A couch with a curved S-shaped back.
5. (US) An informal party or church meeting for purposes of socializing.
   • 1903, George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son (page 46)

     At the church sociables he used to hop around among them, chipping and chirping like a dicky-bird picking up seed; and he was a great hand to play the piano, and sing saddish, sweetish songs to them.

Asturian

Adjective

sociable (epicene, plural sociables)

1. sociable

Catalan

Adjective

sociable (masculine and feminine plural sociables)

1. sociable

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

sociable (plural sociables)

1. sociable

Galician

Alternative forms

• sociábel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.??ja.ble/, [s??.??ja.?le?]

Adjective

sociable m or f (plural sociables)

1. sociable

Antonyms

• insociable

Spanish

Adjective

sociable (plural sociables)

1. sociable