socialism

1. 1.

   a political theory advocating state ownership of industry

   Broaderpolitical orientation

   NarrowerFabianismguild socialismutopian socialism
2. 2.

   an economic system based on state ownership of capital

   Synonymssocialist economy

   Antonymscapitalism

   Broadermanaged economy

   NarrowercommunismInternationalNazism

Other forms of socialism

plural

socialisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about socialism

What does socialism mean?

socialism means "a political theory advocating state ownership of industry". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in socialism?

socialism has 4 syllables: so-ci-al-ism. The stress falls on "so". In IPA it is /ˈsoʊʃəˌlɪzəm/.

What is another word for socialism?

Close synonyms include socialist economy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of socialism?

The recorded antonyms are capitalism.

Is socialism a common word?

socialism is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with socialism?

48 words rhyme with socialism. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.