democratic socialism

English

Etymology

Distinguished from the grammatical synonym social democracy, coming into a specific usage as social democracy came to mean the reform rather than end of capitalism.

Noun

democratic socialism (usually uncountable, plural democratic socialisms)

1. A left-wing ideology that aims to introduce democracy into the workforce, i.e. worker cooperatives, and ensure public provision of basic human needs.
2. Any form of socialism based on democratic principles and institutions.

Related terms

• democratic socialist

Translations

socialism based on democratic principles

• Arabic: اِشْتِرَاكِيَّة دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة f (ištirākiyya dimuqrāṭiyya)
• Belarusian: дэмакратычны сацыялізм m (demakratyčny sacyjalizm)
• Bulgarian: демократичен социализъм m (demokratičen socializǎm)
• Catalan: socialisme democràtic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民主社會主義／民主社会主义 (zh) (mínzhǔ shèhuìzhǔyì)

• Czech: demokratický socialismus m
• Danish: demokratisk socialisme c
• Dutch: democratisch socialisme n
• Esperanto: demokrata socialismo
• Finnish: demokraattinen sosialismi (fi)
• French: socialisme démocratique (fr) m
• Georgian: დემოკრატიული სოციალიზმი (demoḳraṭiuli socializmi)
• German: demokratischer Sozialismus m
• Greek: δημοκρατικός σοσιαλισμός m (dimokratikós sosialismós)
• Hungarian: demokratikus szocializmus
• Ido: demokrata socialismo
• Italian: socialismo democratico m
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: demokratinis socializmas m
• Macedonian: демократски социјали́зам m (demokratski socijalízam)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: demokratisk sosialisme m

  Nynorsk: demokratisk sosialisme m

• Persian: سوسیالیسم دموکراتیک (sosiyâlism-e demokrâtik)
• Polish: socjalizm demokratyczny m
• Portuguese: socialismo democrático (pt) m
• Romanian: socialism democratic n
• Russian: демократи́ческий социали́зм (ru) m (demokratíčeskij socialízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: демо̀кратскӣ социјалѝзам m

  Roman: demòkratskī socijalìzam m

• Slovak: demokratický socializmus m
• Slovene: demokratični socializem m
• Spanish: socialismo democrático m
• Swedish: demokratisk socialism c
• Turkish: demokratik sosyalizm

See also

• social democracy