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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Social Democratic Party

Merz was able to forge an awkward governing coalition with the center-left Social Democratic Party, the CDU’s longtime ideological opponents.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Since May, Alexander Dobrindt has served as Germany’s interior minister in Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government—a coalition with the center-left Social Democratic Party.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025

Hiroyuki Takano, the secretary general of the Social Democratic Party in Oita, Murayama's hometown, told AFP he had been informed that the former premier died of old age.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

Think the birth of the Social Democratic Party, or SDP, in 1981.

From BBC ● May 2, 2025

Somehow he ignited the interest of Miszuko Fukushima, chairman of the Japanese Social Democratic Party.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady