社会主義(しゃかいしゅぎ)

しゃかいしゅぎ
noun
socialism
1. socialism
A political and economic theory advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production.
社会主義(しゃかいしゅぎ)国家(こっか)。
A socialist nation.
社会主義(しゃかいしゅぎ)の理念(りねん)。
The ideals of socialism.
社会主義(しゃかいしゅぎ)と資本主義(しほんしゅぎ)の違(ちが)い。
The difference between socialism and capitalism.

社会主義(しゃかいしゅぎ) refers to socialism as a political and economic ideology advocating collective ownership.

Forms

社会(しゃかい) (society) + 主義(しゅぎ) (ideology, -ism)

Related words

Compounds

  • 社会主義者(しゃかいしゅぎしゃ): socialist (person)
  • 社会主義的(しゃかいしゅぎてき): socialistic
  • 社会主義(しゃかいしゅぎ)国家(こっか): socialist state

Etymology

社会党(しゃかいとう) (Socialist Party, named with 社会主義(しゃかいしゅぎ)'s root, but not its etymology) was a major political party in postwar Japan until 1996.

Related Words

Related: 資本主義(しほんしゅぎ) (capitalism (contrast))
Related: 共産主義(きょうさんしゅぎ) (communism)
Related: 民主主義(みんしゅしゅぎ) (democracy)
Related: 自由主義(じゆうしゅぎ) (liberalism)
general
Added 2026.1.16 15:00 · Revised 2026.10.11 3:34
05000/05415_shakaishugi