social democrat

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noun

a person who advocates a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.

Social Democrat. (especially in Europe) a member of any of certain Social Democratic parties.

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Origin of social democrat

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby social democrat

social control, Social Credit, social dancing, Social Darwinism, social democracy, social democrat, Social Democratic and Labour Party, Social Democratic Party, Social Democratic Workingmen's party, social differentiation, social disease

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How to use social democrat in a sentence

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Where the force generating those threats is a widespread, self-sustaining, and virulent social movement?
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The New York governor was the foremost Democrat to stand athwart the Reagan Revolution.
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The TVA, a federally owned and chartered electric power provider, is a New Deal legacy just like Social Security.
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Such was the importance of showing the country that he was a “different kind of Democrat.”
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All over the world the just claims of organized labor are intermingled with the underground conspiracy of social revolution.
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To others the fierce desire for social justice obliterates all fear of a general catastrophe.
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And our views of poverty and social betterment, or what is possible and what is not, are still largely conditioned by it.
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Our social life is aimless without it, we are a crowd without a common understanding.
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And an educational movement is more tenacious than any other sort of social or political movement whatever.
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British Dictionary definitions for social democrat

social democrat

noun

any socialist who believes in the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialism

(usually capital) a member of a Social Democratic Party

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