socialistic C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˌsoʊʃəˈlɪstɪk/ UK /ˌsəʊʃəˈlɪstɪk/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj tending toward or characteristic of socialism Critics dismissed the proposal as overly socialistic. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · tending toward or... collectivistleftistredistributive ↔ Opposites capitalistindividualist Word family Derived forms socialistically Related forms socialistsocialismsocial Etymology AI details From socialist + -ic. Socialist derives from social (from Latin sociālis, 'of companionship', from socius 'companion') + -ist, coined in the early 19th century. sociālis Latin socius Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # socialistic **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌsoʊʃəˈlɪstɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌsəʊʃəˈlɪstɪk/ ## Meanings 1. tending toward or characteristic of socialism ## Examples - Critics dismissed the proposal as overly socialistic. ## Synonyms - collectivist - leftist - redistributive ## Antonyms - capitalist - individualist ## Derived Forms - socialistically ## Related Forms - socialist - socialism - social ## Roots and Affixes - Root: sociālis - Root: socius ## Etymology From socialist + -ic. Socialist derives from social (from Latin sociālis, 'of companionship', from socius 'companion') + -ist, coined in the early 19th century. ## AI Etymology Socialistic comes from socialist + -ic. Socialist derives from social (from Latin sociālis, 'of companionship', from socius 'companion') + -ist, coined in the early 19th century. The historical chain includes Latin sociālis and Latin socius. The quoted older senses, "of companionship" and "companion", supply the semantic anchors for socialistic. The formation is best read as suffixal and borrowed: the word socialistic carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "tending toward or characteristic of socialism". English derivatives include socialistically; related English forms include socialist, socialism, and social. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown