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libertarian socialism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

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Any of a group of political philosophies dedicated to opposing coercive forms of authority and social hierarchy, prominent examples being capitalism and the State; especially one that encourages the direct seizure by the people of the means of production with the aim of moving toward the creation of a radical direct democracy.

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38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اشتراكية تحررية — philosophy
  • Azerbaijani: libertar sosializm — philosophy
  • Basque: sozialismo libertario — philosophy
  • Bulgarian: либертарните социализъм (libertarnite socializǎm) — philosophy
  • Catalan: socialisme llibertari — philosophy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自由意志社會主義 /自由意志社会主义 (zìyóuyìzhì shèhuì zhǔyì) — philosophy
  • Dutch: libertair socialisme — philosophy
  • Esperanto: liberecisma socialismo — philosophy
  • Estonian: libertaarsotsialism — philosophy
  • Finnish: libertaarisosialismi — philosophy
  • French: socialisme libertaire — philosophy
  • Greek: ελευθεριακός σοσιαλισμός (eleftheriakós sosialismós) — philosophy
  • Hebrew: סוציאליזם ליברטריאני — philosophy
  • Hungarian: libertárius szocializmus — philosophy
  • Indonesian: sosialisme libertarian — philosophy
  • Italian: socialismo libertario — philosophy
  • Japanese: リバタリアン社会主義 (ribatarian shakaishugi) — philosophy
  • Korean: 자유지상적 사회주의 (jayujisangjeok sahoejuui) — philosophy
  • Latin: socialismus libertarianus — philosophy
  • Latvian: libertārais sociālisms — philosophy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: frihetlig sosialisme — philosophy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: libertær sosialisme — philosophy
  • Pashto: آزادي پاله سوسیالیزم — philosophy
  • Persian: سوسیالیسم لیبرترین — philosophy
  • Polish: wolnościowy socjalizm — philosophy
  • Portuguese: socialismo libertário — philosophy
  • Russian: либертарные социализм (libertarnyje socializm) — philosophy
  • Scottish Gaelic: sòisealachd libeirtèireach — philosophy
  • Serbo-Croatian: слободарски социјалѝзам — philosophy
  • Serbo-Croatian: slobodarski socijalìzam — philosophy
  • Slovene: libertarni socialízem — philosophy
  • Spanish: socialismo libertario — philosophy
  • Swedish: frihetlig socialism — philosophy
  • Thai: สังคมนิยมแบบอิสรนิยม — philosophy
  • Turkish: özgürlükçü sosyalizm — philosophy
  • Turkish: liberteryen sosyalizm — philosophy
  • Ukrainian: лібертарний соціалізм (libertarnyj socializm) — philosophy
  • Venetan: sociałismo libertario — philosophy