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

But the line between State socialism and sound social politics in the matter of public assistance may perhaps be better shown in another branch of Poor Law administration—the right to labour for the able-bodied.

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John

It is opposed to the theory of State socialism, and to what many in this country understand by nationalism.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)

This absurdity reproduces itself in infinite varieties of socialism of the pulpit and State socialism.

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

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 slight sketch will suffice to mark the leading features of a large class of laws which must be regarded as a growth of State socialism.

From Problems of Poverty by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)