socialist
Collective ownership supporter
A socialist is a person who advocates for or supports socialism—an economic system in which the means of production are collectively or publicly owned rather than privately held.
As an adjective, socialist describes policies, parties, or governments oriented toward this ideology: socialist policies, the socialist candidate.
The term ranges from precise political identification to loose pejorative, depending on who's using it: She's a democratic socialist versus They call any government program socialist.
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- communismCollective ownership system
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- TrotskyismRevolutionary socialist theory opposing bureaucracy
- StalinismTotalitarian Communist doctrine
Maoism · Bolshevism · proletariat · bourgeoisie · class struggle · revolution · Das Kapital · Communist Manifesto
Joining into one
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- picketPointed fence stake
- organizePut into systematic order
- workersPeople doing jobs
collective bargaining · solidarity · wages · exploitation · working class · blue-collar · labor rights · trade union
Philosophy of universal equality
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- progressivismPhilosophy advocating societal reform
- welfare stateGovernment-funded citizen support system
- planned economyCentralized resource allocation system
central planning · nationalization · anti-imperialism · secularism · reformism · gradualism · mixed economy · universal healthcare
Shared-living community
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- kibbutzIsraeli communal farm
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
federation · mutual aid · collectivization · worker-owned · co-op · credit union · land reform · communal
Fellow member, shared cause
- solidarityUnity among allies
- allySupportive partner
- activistVigorous cause champion
- fellow travelerIdeological ally without membership
sympathizer · brother · sister · organizer · militant · cadre · partisan · agitator
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- communismCollective ownership system
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- TrotskyismRevolutionary socialist theory opposing bureaucracy
Stalinism · Maoism · Bolshevism · proletariat · bourgeoisie · class struggle · revolution · Das Kapital · Communist Manifesto · means of production
union
Joining into one
workers · collective bargaining · solidarity · wages · exploitation · working class · blue-collar · labor rights · trade union · minimum wage
egalitarianism
Philosophy of universal equality
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- progressivismPhilosophy advocating societal reform
- welfare stateGovernment-funded citizen support system
planned economy · central planning · nationalization · anti-imperialism · secularism · reformism · gradualism · mixed economy · universal healthcare · wealth tax
commune
Shared-living community
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- kibbutzIsraeli communal farm
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
syndicate · federation · mutual aid · collectivization · worker-owned · co-op · credit union · land reform · communal · shared ownership
comrade
Fellow member, shared cause
- solidarityUnity among allies
- allySupportive partner
- activistVigorous cause champion
fellow traveler · sympathizer · brother · sister · organizer · militant · cadre · partisan · agitator · radical
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
- American SocialismBernie Sanders, Sanders, Emma Goldman, Goldman, Wobblies
- leftismMarxism, communism, leftist, anarchism, communist
- Political Ideologistscommunist, anarchist, Marxist, leftist, capitalist
- political labelsliberal, conservative, leftist, rightist, moderate
socialistcapitalist
Private ownership supporter
free-marketeer · capitalistic · neoliberal · corporatist · nonsocialist
socialistconservative
Cautious about altering customs
right-winger · reactionary · libertarian · fascist · rightist
socialistlibertarian
Anti-statist political adherent
classical liberal · anarcho-capitalist · privatizer · deregulator · Thatcherite
- socialist statesCollectively owned nation systems
- socialist movementPush for communal ownership
- democratic socialistAdvocates socialism via elections
- socialist propagandaPersuasion favoring collective ownership
- socialist countriesStates with collective ownership
- democratic socialismElectoral path to collective ownership