sozialism

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sozialismus, equivalent to German sozial +‎ -ism.

Noun

sozialism (uncountable)

1. (non-native speakers' English) Misspelling of socialism.
   • 1994 November 21, biznet, “REPUBLICAN HOUSE AND SENATE”, in alt.politics.clinton‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-02:

     >The US is almost unique in the west in not having a mainstream democratic socialist party.
     That is because most Americans want no part of SOZIALISM. It is only supported by a small lunatic fringe here and most of them are in academia or the media attempting to indictronate others to their unrealistic utopian dogma.

   • 1995 March 28, Terje A. Bergesen, “Does OS/2 really stand a chance?”, in comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-02:

     Looking from abroad the US echonomy in a global perspective has a LOT of sozialism (sp?) in it.

   • 1996 November 28, Robert, “Conservatism (Not Socialism) Has Nazi Connections (was: How Clarence Thomas Is Still Getting Away With It”, in alt.conspiracy‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-02:

     Nobody said that Hitler adopted Karl Marx his philosophy totally (after all..giving away the means of production like in Communism (or nationalizing things like in Sozialism) well there is a wee bit of a difference but both are still LEFTWING!