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eco-socialism

eco-socialism is the alternative spelling of ecosocialism.

Meaning of ecosocialism

Noun

ecosocialism (usually uncountable, plural ecosocialisms)

  1. (usually) An ideology merging aspects of Marxism, socialism, green politics, environmentalism, etc. that opposes capitalism.
    • Mrs. Lienemann, the French Housing Minister, sees socialist and ecological forces proposing what she calls “a new culture”—perhaps named “Ecosocialism”—that might, she believes, work for innovations like a 32-hour workweek, more democracy at the workplace, and “a greater stress on quality than...[1992 November 1, Roger Cohen, quoting Marie-Noelle Lienemann, “Ideology Wanes for Europe, Leaving Politicians Adrift”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    environmental socialism, envirosocialism, enviro-socialism, green socialism

Questions about eco-socialism

What is eco-socialism the alternative spelling of?
Eco-socialism is the alternative spelling of ecosocialism.

Words near eco-socialism in the dictionary

  1. eco-regions
  2. eco-responsible
  3. eco-san
  4. eco-service
  5. eco-services
  6. eco-socialism
  7. eco-socialist
  8. eco-socialists
  9. eco-terrorism
  10. eco-thriller
  11. eco-thrillers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eco-socialism (page history and authors); ecosocialism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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