"social democracy" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (politics) A moderate political philosophy or ideology that aims to achieve socialist (socialistic) goals within a democratic society and a liberal democracy such as by means of a strong welfare state and regulation of private industry. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Politics, Socialism Related terms: social democrat, social democratic, social-democratically, democratic socialism Translations (moderate left-wing political philosophy): الديمقراطية الاجتماعية (Arabic), 社會民主主義 /社会民主主义 (siā-hōe bîn-chú chú-gī) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 社會民主主義 /社会民主主义 (shèhuìmínzhǔzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), socialdemokratisme (Danish), sociaaldemocratie [feminine] (Dutch), sotsiaaldemokraatia (Estonian), sosiaalidemokratia (Finnish), social-démocratie [feminine] (French), სოციალ-დემოკრატია (social-demoḳraṭia) (Georgian), Sozialdemokratie [feminine] (German), σοσιαλδημοκρατία (sosialdimokratía) (Greek), 社會民主主義 /社会民主主义 (sa-fi mìn-chú chú-ngi) (Hakka Chinese), דמוקרטיה חברתית (Hebrew), सामाजिक प्रजातंत्र (sāmājik prajātantra) (Hindi), szociáldemokrácia (Hungarian), daonlathas sóisialta [masculine] (Irish), 社会民主主義 (shakai minshushugi) (Japanese), 사회 민주주의 (sahoe minjujuui) (Korean), socialdemokratija [feminine] (Lithuanian), sosialdemokrati [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), sosialdemokrati [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sociaudemocracia [feminine] (Occitan), esdecja [feminine] (Polish), socjaldemokracja [feminine] (Polish), socjaldemokratyzm [masculine] (Polish), social-democracia (Portuguese), social-democrație [feminine] (Romanian), социал-демократия (social-demokratija) [feminine] (Russian), социјалдемократија [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), socijaldemokratija [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), socialnademokracija [feminine] (Slovene), socialdemocracia (Spanish), socialdemokrati [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. A society based on this ideology. Tags: countable, uncountable
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Translations (social democratic society): sociaaldemocratie [feminine] (Dutch), sotsiaaldemokraatia (Estonian), sosiaalidemokratia (Finnish), social-démocratie [feminine] (French), social-democracia (Portuguese), socialdemokrati [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'social democratic society': 47 53

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      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
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      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
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      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
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      "word": "სოციალ-დემოკრატია"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
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      "word": "Sozialdemokratie"
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      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
      "word": "σοσιαλδημοκρατία"
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      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
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      "roman": "sāmājik prajātantra",
      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "daonlathas sóisialta"
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      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
      "word": "社会民主主義"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sahoe minjujuui",
      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
      "word": "사회 민주주의"
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      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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      "word": "sociaudemocracia"
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      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
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      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
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      "word": "socjaldemokratyzm"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
      "word": "social-democracia"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "social-democrație"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "social-demokratija",
      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "социал-демократия"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
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      "word": "социјалдемократија"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "socialnademokracija"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "moderate left-wing political philosophy",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "social democratic society",
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "social democratic society",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "social democratic society",
      "word": "sosiaalidemokratia"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "social democratic society",
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      "word": "social-démocratie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "social democratic society",
      "word": "social-democracia"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "social democratic society",
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}

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