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pseudo-socialist

pseudo-socialist adjective: seemingly in favour of worker’s control, but essentially not.

Adjective

pseudo-socialist (comparative more pseudo-socialist, superlative most pseudo-socialist)

  1. Seemingly in favour of worker’s control, but essentially not.

Noun

pseudo-socialist (plural pseudo-socialists)

  1. One who claims to support the worker’s control over the production means, but practically does not.

Forms of pseudo-socialist

Adjective
comparativemore pseudo-socialist
superlativemost pseudo-socialist
alternative formpseudosocialist
Noun
pluralpseudo-socialists

Origin of pseudo-socialist

From pseudo- + socialist.

Questions about pseudo-socialist

What does pseudo-socialist mean?
Pseudo-socialist means seemingly in favour of worker’s control, but essentially not.
What part of speech is pseudo-socialist?
Pseudo-socialist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pseudo-socialist in the dictionary

  1. pseudo-science
  2. pseudo-sciences
  3. pseudo-skull
  4. pseudo-skulls
  5. pseudo-socialism
  6. pseudo-socialist
  7. pseudo-socialists
  8. pseudo-sophisticated
  9. pseudo-state
  10. pseudo-states
  11. pseudo-telepathy

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