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social democracy en · NOUN

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1. (countable, uncountable) A moderate left-wing political philosophy or ideology that aims to achieve socialist (socialistic) goals within a democratic society such as by means of a strong welfare state and nationalisation of private industry.
   • The congress declared that international social democracy and the trade unions under its control were the mainstay of capitalism, and Communist parties were ordered to concentrate all their efforts against the 'social Fascists'. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 111:
2. (countable, uncountable) A society based on this ideology.

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Relateds

democratic socialism · social democratic · social-democratically · social democrat

Translations (40)

nan-hbl 社會民主主義 /社会民主主义 (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · cmn 社會民主主義 /社会民主主义 (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · nl sociaaldemocratie (social democratic society) · da socialdemokratisme (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · ro social-democrație (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · fr social-démocratie (social democratic society) · ar الديمقراطية الاجتماعية (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · hi सामाजिक प्रजातंत्र (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · pl socjaldemokratyzm (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · nn sosialdemokrati (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · nb sosialdemokrati (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · et sotsiaaldemokraatia (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · he דמוקרטיה חברתית (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · et sotsiaaldemokraatia (social democratic society) · hu szociáldemokrácia (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · hak 社會民主主義 /社会民主主义 (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · lt socialdemokratija (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · fr social-démocratie (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · sh socijaldemokratija (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · pt social-democracia (social democratic society) · sv socialdemokrati (social democratic society) · es socialdemocracia (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · pt social-democracia (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · fi sosiaalidemokratia (social democratic society) · sv socialdemokrati (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · de Sozialdemokratie (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · ko 사회 민주주의 (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · fi sosiaalidemokratia (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · pl esdecja (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · pl socjaldemokracja (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · oc sociaudemocracia (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · nl sociaaldemocratie (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · ga daonlathas sóisialta (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · ka სოციალ-დემოკრატია (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · id demokrasi sosial (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · el σοσιαλδημοκρατία (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · ja 社会民主主義 (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · ru социал-демократия (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · sh социјалдемократија (moderate left-wing political philosophy) · sl socialnademokracija (moderate left-wing political philosophy)