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Definition of Social democracy
1. Noun. The belief in a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means.
Definition of Social democracy
1. Noun. A moderate political philosophy that aims to achieve socialistic goals within capitalist society such as by means of a strong welfare state and regulation of private industry. ¹
2. Noun. Society based on this philosophy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Social Democracy
Literary usage of Social democracy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Public Domain and Democracy: A Study of Social, Economic and Political by Robert Tudor Hill (1910)
"... CHAPTER IX A social democracy—SURVEY AND CONCLUSION SOME of the problems of
American democracy in relation to internal development and history have been ..."
2. The Life of Reason; Or, The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana (1905)
"The former may be called social democracy and the latter democratic government.
... Genetically considered, social democracy is something primitive, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The social legislation of modern Germany is, thus, in no way a symptom of social
democracy, but is simply the outgrowth of the sam-e 18th century ..."
4. Woman's Share in Social Culture by Anna Garlin Spencer (1912)
"social democracy will demand of us all the ... For social democracy, if it means
anything at all, means a way of life which will include in social control, ..."
5. Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law by Lawrence Henry Chamberlain (1912)
"CHAPTER IV social democracy social democracy prevails in Aton to a remarkable
degree. There are neither classes nor class distinctions. ..."
6. Democracy in Education: A Social Interpretation of the History of Education by Joseph Kinmont Hart (1918)
"This is the modern ideal of social democracy, and therefore it ought to be, it
must be, the aim of all makers of our civic life. ..."
7. The Birth of the Russian Democracy by Arkady Joseph Sack (1918)
"The society was called "The International Union of the social democracy."
Bakunin was responsible for its program. In this program "The Union declares ..."
8. Democracy in Education: A Social Interpretation of the History of Education by Joseph Kinmont Hart (1918)
"This is the modern ideal of social democracy, and therefore it ought to be, it
must be, the aim of all makers of our civic life. ..."
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