English Explanatory Dictionary

social democracy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A moderate left-wing political philosophy or ideology that aims to achieve socialist (socialistic) goals within a democratic society and a liberal democracy such as by means of a strong welfare state and nationalisation of private industry.
  2. A society based on this ideology.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-social democracy.wav

Word forms

social democracy social democracies

Related words

social democrat social democratic social-democratically democratic socialism

Translations

Dutch: sociaaldemocratie Estonian: sotsiaaldemokraatia Finnish: sosiaalidemokratia French: social-démocratie Portuguese: social-democracia Swedish: socialdemokrati
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