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Definition of champagne socialist in English: champagne socialistnoun British derogatory A person who espouses socialist ideals while enjoying a wealthy and luxurious lifestyle. Example sentencesExamples - Now, being of the champagne socialist disposition in many matters of taste and lifestyle I enjoy my foods gentrified and organic.
- She is Britain's first lady, not a term I like because it is an Americanism, but I use it to clear up any confusion as the champagne socialist Cherie Blair seems to think she has that honour.
- It's sad to say this, but I am actually your definition of a champagne socialist.
- A champagne socialist, he stood unsuccessfully for the Labour party in 1950 and even campaigned against Christmas.
- Don't get me wrong - I'm as politically committed as the next champagne socialist.
- It tends to be an extremist point - I've been called a champagne socialist acting out of middle class guilt and I resented it… particularly because it hit home.
- Like a champagne socialist he wallows in this surfeit of e-government assistance and yet demands that we reply by post, why?
- As I've got older and richer, I admit I've become a champagne socialist - sorry, make that vintage champagne socialist - but I'm certainly not apologising for it.
- There are those who don't like her impassioned, intuitive polemics, who claim that, living in her comfortable Delhi house with her film director husband she is just another champagne socialist.
- Beginning in Italy with the second world war mere weeks away, its eponymous heroine is a young Englishwoman married to Gabriele, the champagne socialist scion of the wealthy D' Alessandria clan.
- Not generally known for their sense of humour but generally good-natured these lefties are always happy to tease the champagne socialists that inhabit Islington.
- The champagne socialists had certainly never lived in Russia or China.
- The Respect MP, an avowed champagne socialist, has a penchant for good food.
- He's blasted the Blairite champagne socialists and denounced dog owners, tattooed goths, and the Presbyterians who believe Lutheranism is a form of crazed hedonism.
- Putting on his socks might now be a challenge, but the champagne socialist still likes to slosh round the bubbly stuff and talk about his work, politics and the two Penelopes in his life
- As a Labour supporter and donor, he's been branded a champagne socialist and incompetent; and has been subjected to votes of no confidence by a policyholders' action group.
- He is a former champagne socialist who survived the excesses of the 1980's and 90's working in The City to forge a career as a struggling freelancer in Frankfurt, Germany.
- The old left was interested in pushing its liberal humanist agenda to win middle class champagne socialist support, whilst being careful of not alienating its working class base.
- It is being run by champagne socialists and intellectual snobs and the Mayor is a eunuch.
- This is the Islington, champagne socialist dream- move to the south of France and I must say I share it.
Derivatives noun British derogatory The Flea's home in the Annex suggests television producers, academics and champagne socialism. Example sentencesExamples - Let's say this is a structural weakness of his oeuvre and - what the hell - of champagne socialism in general.
- In Oxford it seems that everybody loves him, and despite my champagne socialism I am no exception.
- Representatives of all political viewpoints, even champagne socialism, are welcome to participate.
- Lad culture has been discredited and champagne socialism has gone flat.
- Is it legitimate compassion, or a self-serving identification with the fashionable causes of the day, a champagne socialism that can go hand in hand with the process of personal enrichment?
- Balliol, predictably, are awkward too, eschewing a ball entirely in favour of a ‘Summer Event ’, presumably as Black Tie is a little bit too Black Shirt for their particular brand of champagne socialism.
- He, for example, is the supposed originator of champagne socialism.
- He is the best poster boy champagne socialism has ever had, and he's clearly drinking the finest vintages.
- How firm are the foundations upon which his brand of champagne socialism have been constructed?
Definition of champagne socialist in US English: champagne socialistnounˌʃæmˈpeɪn ˈsoʊʃələst British derogatory A person who espouses socialist ideals while enjoying a wealthy and luxurious lifestyle. Example sentencesExamples - Now, being of the champagne socialist disposition in many matters of taste and lifestyle I enjoy my foods gentrified and organic.
- This is the Islington, champagne socialist dream- move to the south of France and I must say I share it.
- The Respect MP, an avowed champagne socialist, has a penchant for good food.
- Like a champagne socialist he wallows in this surfeit of e-government assistance and yet demands that we reply by post, why?
- Not generally known for their sense of humour but generally good-natured these lefties are always happy to tease the champagne socialists that inhabit Islington.
- As a Labour supporter and donor, he's been branded a champagne socialist and incompetent; and has been subjected to votes of no confidence by a policyholders' action group.
- Don't get me wrong - I'm as politically committed as the next champagne socialist.
- Putting on his socks might now be a challenge, but the champagne socialist still likes to slosh round the bubbly stuff and talk about his work, politics and the two Penelopes in his life
- She is Britain's first lady, not a term I like because it is an Americanism, but I use it to clear up any confusion as the champagne socialist Cherie Blair seems to think she has that honour.
- A champagne socialist, he stood unsuccessfully for the Labour party in 1950 and even campaigned against Christmas.
- It tends to be an extremist point - I've been called a champagne socialist acting out of middle class guilt and I resented it… particularly because it hit home.
- The old left was interested in pushing its liberal humanist agenda to win middle class champagne socialist support, whilst being careful of not alienating its working class base.
- The champagne socialists had certainly never lived in Russia or China.
- Beginning in Italy with the second world war mere weeks away, its eponymous heroine is a young Englishwoman married to Gabriele, the champagne socialist scion of the wealthy D' Alessandria clan.
- As I've got older and richer, I admit I've become a champagne socialist - sorry, make that vintage champagne socialist - but I'm certainly not apologising for it.
- He's blasted the Blairite champagne socialists and denounced dog owners, tattooed goths, and the Presbyterians who believe Lutheranism is a form of crazed hedonism.
- He is a former champagne socialist who survived the excesses of the 1980's and 90's working in The City to forge a career as a struggling freelancer in Frankfurt, Germany.
- There are those who don't like her impassioned, intuitive polemics, who claim that, living in her comfortable Delhi house with her film director husband she is just another champagne socialist.
- It's sad to say this, but I am actually your definition of a champagne socialist.
- It is being run by champagne socialists and intellectual snobs and the Mayor is a eunuch.
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