Social Democratic Party

American  

noun

1. History/Historical. a political party in Germany advocating a form of social organization based on the economic and political ideology of Karl Marx.

2. any of several European political parties advocating a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic processes.

3. a U.S. political party, organized about 1897, that joined former members of the Socialist Labor party to form the Socialist party.

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Social Democratic Party British  

noun

1. (in Britain 1981–90) a centre political party founded by ex-members of the Labour Party. It formed an alliance with the Liberal Party and continued in a reduced form after many members left to join the Social and Liberal Democratic Party in 1988

2. one of the two major political parties in Germany (formerly in West Germany), favouring gradual reform

3. any of the parties in many other countries similar to that of Germany

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Example Sentences

But as the Weimar Republic's economy collapsed, so did the ruling coalition led by the center-left Social Democratic Party.

From Salon

Opinion polls put HDZ ahead of its main rival, the Social Democratic Party, and a plethora of smaller groups.

From New York Times

Luis Montenegro, the 51-year-old Social Democratic Party leader, is a lawyer who served as a lawmaker for 16 years after first entering Parliament at the age of 29.

From Seattle Times

The scandal erupted on the same day the Social Democratic Party unveiled an anti-corruption billboard in Lisbon that said, “It can’t go on like this.”

From Seattle Times

Ellemann-Jensen's Liberal Party has trailed in opinion polls since December last year, when it entered a rare reform-oriented bipartisan government with the Social Democratic Party and the Moderates.

From Reuters