democratic socialism

noun

1. socialism, or a modified form of socialism, achieved by a gradual transition by and under democratic political processes.

Other Words From

• democratic socialist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of democratic socialism¹

First recorded in 1845–50

Example Sentences

The rise of ethno-nationalism on the right and democratic socialism on the left testify to the growing disillusionment with the conventional wisdom of how government and economics are supposed to work.

From Time

Try to change the subject to something like the pre-pandemic roaring economy or democratic socialism.

From FiveThirtyEight

Traditional liberalism was good while democratic socialism provoked the uneasy but passing grade of neutral.

From The Daily Beast

Social theory in its first crude form of Democratic Socialism gripped my intelligence more and more powerfully.

From Project Gutenberg

Democratic Socialism has, hitherto at least, adopted on its party programme no formulary of the normal working-day required by it.

From Project Gutenberg