so‧cial‧is‧m /ˈsəʊʃəl-ɪzəm $ ˈsoʊ-/ noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: noun: society, sociologist, sociology, sociability, social, socialism, socialist, socialite, socialization, sociopath; adjective: sociable ≠ unsociable, social ≠ ANTI-SOCIAL, unsocial, socialist, socialistic, societal, sociological, sociopathic; adverb: socially, sociably, sociologically; verb: socialize]
an economic and political system in which large industries are owned by the government, and taxes are used to take some wealth away from richer citizens and give it to poorer citizens ⇒ capitalism, communism

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socialism
noun
ADJ. democratic, state
VERB + SOCIALISM build, establish trying to build socialism in their own country
PREP. under ~ They believed that these problems would disappear under socialism.

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