social democracy

1. 1.

   the belief in a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means

   Broaderpolitical orientation

Questions about social democracy

What does social democracy mean?

social democracy means "the belief in a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means".

Is social democracy a common word?

social democracy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.