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socialistic

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: S OW2 SH AH0 L IH1 S T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to socialism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having socialist tendencies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

advocating or following the socialist principles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • socialistic government

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: socialist

Antonyms: capitalistic

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekw- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *sokwéh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokwh2ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokwyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English socialist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English socialistic From socialist + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սոցիալիստական (socʻialistakan) — relating to socialism
  • Danish: socialistisk — relating to socialism
  • Esperanto: socialisma — relating to socialism
  • Finnish: sosialistinen — relating to socialism
  • French: socialiste — relating to socialism
  • German: sozialistisch — relating to socialism
  • Greek: σοσιαλιστικός (sosialistikós) — relating to socialism
  • Ingrian: sotsialisticeskoi — relating to socialism
  • Kazakh: социалистік (sosialistık) — relating to socialism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sosialistisk — relating to socialism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sosialistisk — relating to socialism
  • Polish: socjalistyczny — relating to socialism
  • Russian: социалисти́ческий (socialistíčeskij) — relating to socialism
  • Swedish: socialistisk — relating to socialism
  • Volapük: sogädimik — relating to socialism