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Kingdom vs Socialist - What's the difference?

kingdom | socialist |

As nouns the difference between kingdom and socialist

is that kingdom is a nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen while socialist is a member of a party or political group that advocates socialism.

As an adjective socialist is

of, belonging to, or constituting a party or political group that advocates socialism.

kingdom

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen.
  • (biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom)
  • Derived terms

    * animal kingdom * Kingdom of Heaven * kingdom come * Kingdom County * plant kingdom * vegetable kingdom

    See also

    * monarchy

    socialist

    English

    (Socialism)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, promoting, practicing, or characteristic of socialism.
  • * 1848 , , Principles of Political Economy , Book II, Chapter 1:
  • ... it must be remembered that in a Socialist farm or manufactory, each labourer would be under the eye not of one master, but of the whole community.
  • * 1949 , , "Why Socialism?", Monthly Review , May 1949:
  • I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.

    Derived terms

    * Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who practices or advocates socialism.
  • * 1848 , , Principles of Political Economy , Book II, Chapter 1:
  • A contest, who can do most for the common good, is not the kind of competition which Socialists repudiate.

    See also

    * capitalist * communist * leftist * leninist * maoist * marxist * stalinist English words suffixed with -ist ----