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1. n. A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.
2. n. a political theory advocating state ownership of industry
3. n. an economic system based on state ownership of capital
4. A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism. [Socialism] was first applied in England to Owen's theory of social reconstruction, and in France to those also of St. Simon and Fourier . . . The word, however, is used with a great variety of meaning, . . . even by economists and learned critics. The general tendency is to regard as socialistic any interference undertaken by society on behalf of the poor, . . . radical social reform which disturbs the present system of private property . . . The tendency of the present socialism is more and more to ally itself with the most advanced democracy. Encyc. Brit. We certainly want a true history of socialism, meaning by that a history of every systematic attempt to provide a new social existence for the mass of the workers. F. Harrison.
5. A theory or system of social reform which contemplates acomplete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitabledistribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term isoften employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme.See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.[Socialism] was first applied in England to Owen's theory of socialreconstruction, and in France to those also of St. Simon and Fourier. . . The word, however, is used with a great variety of meaning, . .. even by economists and learned critics. The general tendency is toregard as socialistic any interference undertaken by society onbehalf of the poor, . . . radical social reform which disturbs thepresent system of private property . . . The tendency of the presentsocialism is more and more to ally itself with the most advanceddemocracy. Encyc. Brit.We certainly want a true history of socialism, meaning by that ahistory of every systematic attempt to provide a new social existencefor the mass of the workers. F. Harrison.
6. n:100 n. a political theory advocating state ownership of industry n. an economic system based on state ownership of capital