Kanji 義 righteousness, justice, morality Related words 社会主義 refers to socialism, a related but distinct ideology emphasizing social ownership without necessarily abolishing all private property, whereas 共産 (communism) implies full collective ownership and typically one-party rule.
社会主義 (socialism) is the broader, often transitional system, while 共産主義 (communism) denotes the specific classless, stateless endpoint of Marxist theory.
社会主義 is the broader ideology advocating social ownership of production, while マルクス主義 is a specific theoretical strand within socialism.
Opposites 資本主義 (capitalism) is the opposing economic system based on private ownership and free markets, while 社会主義 advocates collective or state control of production.
自由主義 stresses individual freedom and limited government, while 社会主義 advocates collective ownership and stronger state control.
社会主義 (socialism) is the standard opposite economic system to キャピタリズム (capitalism), which favors private ownership over collective control.
社会主義 (socialism) stresses collective ownership and equality of outcome, whereas リベラリズム centers on individual freedom within a market framework.
Don't confuse with 共産主義 (communism) calls for a classless, stateless society and is often seen as a more radical end-goal, whereas 社会主義 is the broader, often transitional, system many learners mix it up with.
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academic socialism; professorial socialism
guild socialism
Show 5 more Show fewer Etymology Compound of 社会 (society) + 主義 (doctrine, -ism). A Meiji-era calque from Western political terminology.
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