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socialism (noun)

a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

synonyms:

leftism · Fabianism · syndicalism · consumer socialism · utopian socialism · welfarism · communism · Bolshevism · radicalism · militancy · progressivism · social democracy · laborism · Marxism · Leninism · Marxism–Leninism · neo-Marxism · Trotskyism · Maoism

antonyms:

conservatism

(in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of Communism.

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Fabianism

noun form of Fabian

a member or supporter of the Fabian Society, an organization of socialists aiming at the gradual rather than revolutionary achievement of socialism.

synonyms:

left-winger · liberal · progressive · progressivist · Marxist · communist · leftist · anticapitalist · radical · revolutionary · militant · Laborite · laborist · Marxist–Leninist · Leninist · Trotskyite · Maoist · syndicalist

antonyms:

conservative

ADJECTIVE

Fabian (adjective)

relating to or characteristic of the Fabians:

"the Fabian movement"

synonyms:

left-wing · liberal · progressive · progressivist · Marxist · communist · communistic · leftist · ultra-left · anticapitalist · radical · revolutionary · militant · Labor · Laborite · laborist · syndicalist · Marxist–Leninist · Leninist · Trotskyite · Trotskyist · Maoist

antonyms:

conservative

employing a cautiously persistent and dilatory strategy to wear out an enemy:

"Fabian tactics"

synonyms:

delaying · stalling · temporizing · procrastinating · postponing · deferring · putting off · tabling · shelving · time-wasting · dallying · dilly-dallying · loitering · lingering · dawdling · tarrying

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