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social democracy

social democracy noun: 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.

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.

social democracy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian

social democracy in Hindi

moderate left-wing political philosophy
सामाजिक प्रजातंत्र sāmājik prajātantra

social democracy in Tamil

சமூக மக்களாட்சியர், சமூக மக்களாட்சி

social democracy in Arabic

moderate left-wing political philosophy
الديمقراطية الاجتماعية

social democracy in Indonesian

moderate left-wing political philosophy
demokrasi sosial

Forms of social democracy

pluralsocial democracies

Questions about social democracy

What does social democracy mean?
Social democracy means 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.
What is social democracy in Hindi?
Social democracy in Hindi is सामाजिक प्रजातंत्र (sāmājik prajātantra). See Social democracy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is social democracy?
Social democracy is a noun.
What is the plural of social democracy?
The plural of social democracy is social democracies.

Words near social democracy in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: social democracy (page history and authors); social democracy (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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