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Noun:

  • Any of various political philosophies that support social and economic equality, collective decision-making, and public control of productive capital and natural resources, as advocated by socialists.
  • Leninism The intermediate phase of social development between capitalism and full communism. This is a strategy whereby the State has control of all key resource-producing industries and manages most aspects of the economy, in contrast to laissez faire capitalism.
  • The socialist political philosophies as a group, including Marxism, libertarian socialism, democratic socialism, and social democracy.

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