socialism
/ˈsəʊʃəlɪzəm/noun
mass noun
1- a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole社会主义。
1.1
- policy or practice based on this theory社会主义政策（或实践）。
1.2
- (in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of Communism（马克思主义理论）社会主义社会。
The term 'socialism' has been used to describe positions as far apart as anarchism, Soviet state Communism, and social democracy; however, it necessarily implies an opposition to the untrammelled workings of the economic market. The socialist parties that have arisen in most European countries from the late 19th century have generally tended towards social democracy.
派生词
socialist
noun & adjectivesocialistic
adjectivesocialistically
adverb词源
early 19th cent.: from French socialisme, from social （see SOCIAL）.