socialistic

Other forms: socialistically

Definitions of socialistic
  1. adjective
    advocating or following the socialist principles
    “socialistic government”
    synonyms: socialist
    collective
    set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government
    collectivised, collectivist, collectivistic, collectivized, state-controlled
    subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively
    left
    of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
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    antonyms:
    capitalistic
    favoring or practicing capitalism
    bourgeois
    (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
    competitive, free-enterprise, private-enterprise
    subscribing to capitalistic competition
    individualistic, laissez-faire
    with minimally restricted freedom in commerce
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