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socialized

socialized

6.8
Owned or run by the government to help everyone
  • adjective
  • /ˈsoʊʃəˌlaɪzd/
  • Formal
translation icon : socializado
  • The soul-murdered subject is psychotic to the extent that he is utterly socialized and social to the extent that he is psychotic.

Examples

  • Volvos and socialized medicine at Volvo is now a Chinese company.

  • Sweden does not prove that socialized healthcare works.

  • Well, we offer a view of socialized humanity that we all act together and this collective action, which means change.

  • Yes, because if a Scandinavian, they do have a, a subsidized, you know, like welfare system, that's what a more socialized welfare system.

  • We're all socialized for scarcity where we think we're competing for the same resources, you know, and that that's a pathology that is embarrassing.

  • A hue and cry went up that this was a sop to capitalism and a shameful rejection of the fourteenth article from 1933, which reads: "A socialized and cooperative economic order must be established to the end that the equitable distribution of the means of life be possible."

    Academic text (1998)

  • Many countries have implemented socialized healthcare systems to ensure that all citizens have access to medical services.

  • In a socialized economy, industries are owned and operated by the government for the public benefit.

  • The proposal to create a socialized education system aims to provide equal learning opportunities for every child.

Synonyms

collectivized
vssocialized
8.2

Property such as farms and factories that the government or a group owns and runs

is group or government control aimed at society's benefit rather than ideological goals

Antonyms

to privatize
  • US
61 6.4

To move a government business or service to private companies

How Socialized

socialized
  • Formal
6.8
private
∞ 1.8

Surface Forms

socialized positive

Morphology

socialized = socialize (transparent) = social + ize + ed

Formed by adding the regular past-participle/adjectival suffix '-ed' to 'socialize', preserving the verb's meaning in an adjectival role.

Etymology

Socialized comes from social, which comes from the old Latin word socius meaning 'companion' or 'ally', so it carries the idea of belonging to a group; think of society as people together. So, socialized services are those made to belong to society or run for the whole group, often controlled by the government for everyone's benefit.