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social democracies

social democracies is the plural of social democracy.

Meaning of social democracy

Noun

social democracy (countable and uncountable, plural social democracies)

  1. 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'.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in...
  2. A society based on this ideology.

Questions about social democracies

What is social democracies the plural of?
Social democracies is the plural of social democracy.

Words near social democracies in the dictionary

  1. social cue
  2. social cues
  3. social Darwinism
  4. social death
  5. social deduction
  6. social democracies
  7. social democracy
  8. social democrat
  9. social democratic
  10. Social Democratic Party
  11. social democrats

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