Socialist party
Americannoun
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a U.S. political party advocating socialism, formed about 1900 chiefly by former members of the Social Democratic Party and the Socialist Labor Party.
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any political party advocating socialism.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialist party suffered a beating in regional elections in Andalusia over the weekend, extending a series of local poll losses ahead of next year's general election.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
“Brigitte Bardot was a towering figure, a symbol of freedom, rebellion, and passion,” Philippe Brun of the Socialist party told Europe 1 radio.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu secured the backing of the Socialist party by agreeing to suspend Macron’s signature pension overhaul, which aimed to gradually increase the country’s retirement age to 64 from 62.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
There have also been critics of the amnesty within Sánchez’s Socialist party.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024
For some time previous to the year 1875 the German Socialist party had been divided into two camps—the Eisenachers and the Lassallians.
From The Art of Lecturing Revised Edition by Lewis, Arthur M. (Arthur Morrow)
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