state socialism

American  

noun

1. the theory, doctrine, and movement advocating a planned economy controlled by the state, with state ownership of all industries and natural resources.

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state socialism British  

noun

1. a variant of socialism in which the power of the state is employed for the purpose of creating an egalitarian society by means of public control of major industries, banks, etc, coupled with economic planning and a social security system

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Other Word Forms

• state socialist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of state socialism

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Few words are at present more wantonly abused than the words socialism and State socialism.

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John

He is unwilling to admit that social evolution necessarily leads through State socialism to industrial democracy, or even that such an evolution is possible.

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert

This perverted form of socialism, Bakounin maintained, contemplated the establishment of a communisme autoritaire, or State socialism.

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert

State socialism of the equalitarian and communistic kind was to him no less horrifying.

From Fabre, Poet of Science by Miall, Bernard

From the time of its appearance this new communist doctrine carried an implied criticism of all forms of State socialism from Louis Blanc to Lassalle.

From Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History by Labriola, Antonio