state socialism

English

Alternative forms

  • state-socialism (rare)

Noun

state socialism (countable and uncountable, plural state socialisms)

  1. (socialism) A type of socialism wherein some or many of the means of production are controlled by the state, the state in turn being operated by (or on behalf of) the workers.
    Hypernym: socialism
    Coordinate terms: libertarian socialism, market socialism

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