utopian socialistn.adj.
/juːˌtəʊpɪən ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/, /jᵿˌtəʊpɪən ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/, /juːˌtəʊpɪən ˈsəʊʃl̩ɪst/, /jᵿˌtəʊpɪən ˈsəʊʃl̩ɪst/, U.S. /juˌtoʊpiən ˈsoʊʃələst/ A. n.
An advocate of utopian socialism ( utopian socialism n.). Opposed to scientific socialist n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > [noun] > other types of socialism > adherents of
Saint-Simonist1829
Saint-Simonian1831
Saint-Simonite1831
Christian Socialist1838
societarian1842
democratic socialist1848
social democrat1848
utopian socialist1849
scientific socialist1852
state socialist1879
champagne socialist1906
guild socialist1913
state capitalist1915
maximalist1918
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > [noun] > non-Marxist or Leninist communism > involving socialistic communities > adherent of
Owenite1826
communionist1827
phalansterian1840
societary1841
Fourierist1843
Fourierite1844
Owenist1849
utopian socialist1849
Icarian1865
phalansterist1882
1849 Brit. Q. Rev. Aug. 180 He [sc. Louis Blanc] had become an ardent republican and an Utopian ‘Socialist’.
1861 De Bow's Rev. Mar. 311 There is not a man who is not a Utopian socialist, in the North, in Europe, or in Asia, who will not cordially concur in its general doctrines in politics.
1943 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 51 519/1 Marxism sharply distinguishes itself from the voluntarism of the utopian Socialists.
1987 Economist 21 Nov. 54/1 A motley band of utopian socialists and anarchists, hippies, drug-pushers and down-and-outs.
2011 J. Beecher in G. Klosko Oxf. Handbk. Hist. Polit. Philos. xxii. 372 Engels criticized the utopian socialists for..failing to think seriously about the problem of how the ideal society might be brought into being.
B. adj.
Of or relating to utopian socialism or its advocates. Opposed to scientific socialist adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > [adjective] > other types of socialism
societarian1822
Saint-Simonian1830
Saint-Simonite1831
democratic socialist1848
social democratic1848
social democratic1849
social democratic1850
internationalist1871
social democrat1874
state socialist1882
utopian socialist1884
scientific socialist1887
state-capitalistic1896
revisionist1903
state capitalist1904
liberal1955
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > [adjective] > non-Marxist or Leninist communism > involving socialistic communities
communional1827
Owenite1829
communitarian1840
phalansterian1840
societary1841
phalansterial1843
Fourierite1844
communitary1850
phalansteric1850
communautaire1860
Fourierist1870
Owenist1870
Owenian1880
Fourieristic1883
utopian socialist1884
1884 E. B. Bax in To-day Mar. 200 The Utopian Socialist schemes of the first half of the present century..are conveniently brought forward..as a dummy to be battered down, under the pretence of demolishing Socialism proper.
1912 J. Spargo Appl. Socialism xi. 307 The Utopian Socialist movement prior to Marx was deeply impregnated with religious sentiment and feeling.
1988 Financial Post (Canada) (Nexis) 22 Feb. 23 Like most utopian socialist theories, of course, they didn't go all the way. Few of them had to work for a living.
2003 M. Löwy Theory Revol. Young Marx ii. 64 The various utopian-socialist sects (Saint-Simonians, Owenites, Fourierists, Cabetists, etc.).
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