How to say "socialism" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 社会主義しゃかいしゅぎno-adjectiveThe common word for socialism: the political and economic ideology, and the systems and ideas associated with it. This is the term you will want in almost any discussion of socialism.
- nounA katakana loanword with the same meaning, but a less common way to say it; for socialism as a political ideology this is seldom the word you want — use 社会主義 instead.
Both words translate the single English sense 'socialism': choose 社会主義, the common term, for the political and economic ideology in virtually any context, and treat 「ソーシャリズム」 as a less common loanword variant.
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