social democracy

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social democracy

noun social democracies

  1. countable, uncountable A moderate left-wing political philosophy or ideology that aims to achieve socialist (socialistic) goals within a democratic society such as by means of a strong welfare state and nationalisation of private industry. The congress declared that international social democracy and the trade unions under its control were the mainstay of capitalism, and Communist parties were ordered to concentrate all their efforts against the 'social Fascists'.
  2. countable, uncountable A society based on this ideology.

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noun social democratic society

Portuguêssocial-democracia
Françaissocial-démocratie

noun moderate left-wing political philosophy

Españolsocialdemocracia
한국어사회 민주주의 sahoe minjujuui
日本語社会民主主義 shakai minshushugi
中文社會民主主義 /社会民主主义 shèhuìmínzhǔzhǔyì
हिन्दीसामाजिक प्रजातंत्र sāmājik prajātantra
Portuguêssocial-democracia
Françaissocial-démocratie
DeutschSozialdemokratie
Ελληνικάσοσιαλδημοκρατία sosialdimokratía
Românăsocial-democrație
Русскийсоциал-демократия social-demokratija
العربيةالديمقراطية الاجتماعية
עבריתדמוקרטיה חברתית

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@misc{social_democracy_2026,
  title = {social democracy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/social%20democracy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}