| Definitions | | democratic socialism |
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noun
- A radical left-wing political philosophy that aims to achieve by democratic means a fully socialist society i.e. where private ownership has been displaced in predominance by collective or public ownership.
- Any form of socialism based on democratic principles and institutions.
Etymology: Distinguished from the grammatical synonym social democracy, coming into a specific usage as social democracy came to mean the reform rather than end of capitalism.
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