socialism

socio-economic system based on social ownership of the means of production; also the ideology that aims to implement it
Intangible political_ideology Q7272
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socialism

Summary

socialism is a political ideology[1]. socialism ranks in the top 0.69% of political_ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,249 views/month, #4 of 583).[2]

Key Facts

  • socialism's instance of is recorded as political ideology[3].
  • socialism's instance of is recorded as economic system[4].
  • socialism's instance of is recorded as social formation[5].
  • socialism's instance of is recorded as social movement[6].
  • socialism is a type of anti-capitalism[7].
  • socialism's Commons category is recorded as Socialism[8].
  • socialism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Socialism[9].
  • socialism's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Socialism[10].
  • socialism's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[11].
  • socialism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • socialism's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[13].
  • socialism's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • socialism's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • socialism's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • socialism's described by source is recorded as 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[17].
  • socialism's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[18].
  • socialism's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19].
  • socialism's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[20].
  • socialism's described by source is recorded as Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy[21].
  • socialism's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[22].
  • socialism's described by source is recorded as Dresdner Hefte[23].
  • socialism's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[24].
  • socialism's topic has template is recorded as Template:Socialism[25].
  • socialism's topic has template is recorded as Template:Socialism sidebar[26].
  • socialism's topic has template is recorded as Template:Socialism by state[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include political ideology[3], economic system[4], social formation[5], and social movement[6]. socialism is a type of anti-capitalism[7].

Influence

Things named for socialism include Soviet Union[28], a federal republic[29], in Soviet Union[30], founded in 1922[31] and Arab socialism[32], a political ideology[33].

Why It Matters

socialism ranks in the top 0.69% of political_ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,249 views/month, #4 of 583).[2] socialism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] socialism is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for socialism include Soviet Union[28], a federal republic[29], in Soviet Union[30], founded in 1922[31] and Arab socialism[32], a political ideology[33].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Has characteristic type of socialism
    Subclass of anti-capitalism
    Instance of political ideology, economic system, social formation +1
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 447, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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