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State socialism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

State socialism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an economic system in which the government owns most means of production but some degree of private capitalism is allowed

2

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.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
economy
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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