Social Democratic Party

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.

Social Democratic Party

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

Example Sentences

Olaf Scholz, chancellor candidate of Germany’s Social Democratic Party, attends the annual ARD television summer interview.

From Ozy

Olaf Scholtz of Germany’s Social Democratic Party, who is leading polls and is widely expected to be the next chancellor, has made clear that he sees relations with Paris as the cornerstone of Germany’s foreign policy.

From Ozy

That will be a difficult balancing act, because his social-democratic party PvdA is in a coalition government with the VVD.

From The Daily Beast

They were the staff of the centrist Social Democratic Party (now the Liberal Democrats), which was entirely unionized.

From The Daily Beast

At the second convention of the Social Democratic party, held in 1903, the party split in two factions.

From Project Gutenberg

Nevertheless, indirectly, the influence of the Social Democratic Party has been very considerable.

From Project Gutenberg

The exclusion law against the Social Democratic party did not check this current.

From Project Gutenberg

This declaration did not satisfy another member of the Social Democratic Party.

From Project Gutenberg

Similar action was taken by the Social Democratic Party in 1900.

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