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noun
Society governed by science.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences, socialism
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Socialism that starts from the analysis of capitalism, revealing its inner workings and contradictions, in order to develop a plan to move from capitalism to socialism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences, socialism
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Synonyms: Marxism
Antonyms: prescientific socialism, unscientific socialism, utopian socialism
History
Calque of French socialisme scientifique.
Across languages
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