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global socialism

global socialism noun: socialism from / with a globalist approach.

Noun

global socialism (uncountable)

  1. socialism from / with a globalist approach
    • What is required rather is global socialism: We need societies in which what is produced is determined by need rather than by the profit calculations of individual business people1986, Global Problems and World Order, page 138
    • Y. Primakov, Director of the Institute for World Economy and International Relations, has written that 'international relations in general cannot be the arena in which the contest between global socialism and capitalism can be decided.'1989, The New Detente: Rethinking East-West Relations, page 189
    Synonyms:
    supra-national socialism, worldwide socialism

Examples of global socialism in a sentence

  • Mao's Marxism, finally, is a Chinese reflection upon global socialism, spoken in a vernacular voice by a Chinese subject who expressed through Marxism local, specifically Chinese, concerns.1996, Marxism Beyond Marxism, page 128:
  • The aim of the conspiracy is to build a new global order controlled by a cadre of powerful economic, political, and cultural elites, bent on creating a global socialism.1997, Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements, page 104:
  • He unabashedly states that abortion, homosexuality, and all hints of "global socialism" still need to be "ruthlessly opposed." He does this in the name of Christianity2007, Walking the Faith Line with Eboo Patel, NPR:
  • In the name of equality -- wealth redistribution via global socialism -- with a dose of post-colonial reparations thrown in.2009, Charles Krauthammer on the new socialism, Washington Post:

Synonyms of global socialism

  • supra-national socialism
  • worldwide socialism

Words formed from global socialism

  • global socialist

Questions about global socialism

What does global socialism mean?
Global socialism means socialism from / with a globalist approach.
How do you use global socialism in a sentence?
Mao's Marxism, finally, is a Chinese reflection upon global socialism, spoken in a vernacular voice by a Chinese subject who expressed through Marxism local, specifically Chinese, concerns.
What part of speech is global socialism?
Global socialism is a noun.

Words near global socialism in the dictionary

  1. global positioning system
  2. global positioning systems
  3. global scope
  4. global search and replace
  5. global searches and replaces
  6. global socialism
  7. global south
  8. global studies
  9. global village
  10. global villages
  11. global warming

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