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

In the last chapter of his "Karl Marx" Labriola traces some of the tendencies to State socialism.

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert

This perverted form of socialism, Bakounin maintained, contemplated the establishment of a communisme autoritaire, or State socialism.

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert

This State socialism, although mingled with revolutionary doctrines, was then summed up in the empty dream, in the abracadabra, of the Right to Work.

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

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

From the time of its appearance this new communist doctrine carried an implied criticism of all forms of State socialism from Louis Blanc to Lassalle.

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