How to Use socialism in a Sentence

socialism

noun
  • So just what is wrong with socialism?
    — William Z. Fox, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2026
  • That has the whiff of socialism.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • And there’s some socialism as the cherry on top.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • That's why socialism keeps falling flat with us.
    — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • And too many here at home are beguiled by socialism’s false promises.
    — The Editors, National Review, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Further, his instincts seemed to steer him away from overt socialism.
    — Robert W. Merry, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2017
  • That was an example of what Sanders calls socialism for the rich.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2020
  • This may not be socialism in its purest form, but is headed in that direction.
    — Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The massive gains on child care, sewer socialism with the potholes, and the snow.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 23 June 2026
  • There are lots of things this country could do to lower drug prices, none of which involve socialism.
    — Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2024
  • Many risks lurk in consumer socialism’s promises of cheap goods and services.
    — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • There’s Bernie Sanders, who might start yelling at you about socialism at any moment.
    — Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 1 Feb. 2018
  • So, capitalism on the way up and socialism on the way down is neither.
    — CBS News, 19 Mar. 2023
  • To bring up the subject of providing a better life is to lean too far left, to flirt with socialism.
    — Marilynne Robinson, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • Antisemitism is the socialism of fools, right?
    — Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
  • So many people for whatever reason are afraid of this idea of socialism.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Among a swath of young Americans, talk of socialism has lost its stigma.
    — Adam Tooze, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019
  • Trump’s team has tried to paint Biden as an empty suit trying to disguise the threat of socialism.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 29 Sep. 2020
  • And Marxism, communism and socialism were all, to those on the right, part of that same soup.
    — Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
  • And then too there were socialism and socialists to beat back, and boy oh boy did Al ever want in on that.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 7 Nov. 2019
  • The most prominent theme, however, will be the call to arms against socialism.
    — Edward Morrissey, TheWeek, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Again, England was bankrupted by the war, along with the soft socialism that followed.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The governor went on to slam the left for being soft on crime and embracing socialism.
    — Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • He was kind of inspired by a lot of the best of communism, the best of socialism, the idealism, the hope.
    — Robert Sullivan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
  • Trump buying shares of Intel is socialism!
    — The Hill, 28 Aug. 2025
  • That's why socialism never really lands with us.
    — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Van Auken’s role is, in a sense, a testing ground for what the new mayor can make socialism mean to his constituents.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a lot of polling that shows that the rise of socialism is becoming a big part of the Democratic base.
    — NBC news, 28 June 2026
  • Perceptions of socialism, on the other hand, have remained about steady.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025

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