socialized

Thân thiện

The government provides socialized medicine to all citizens.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Organized or controlled by a group or government: Describes systems, services, or ownership structures that are managed and regulated collectively, typically by the state or a public body, rather than by private individuals or companies. The focus is on collective control for perceived public benefit.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The country has a socialized healthcare system. (This describes a medical system organized and funded by the government.)
  • They advocated for socialized ownership of key industries. (This refers to the idea of industries being controlled by the public or state.)
  • The program provides socialized housing for low-income families. (This indicates housing managed by a public authority.)

Advanced Usage

• "Socialized medicine": A specific term for a healthcare system financed and administered by the government to provide care for all citizens.
  • Debates about socialized medicine often center on costs and access.
• "Socialized sector": Refers to the part of the economy that is under state or collective control.
  • The socialized sector of the economy included utilities and transportation.

Variants and Related Words

• Socialize (verb): 1. To behave in a way that is acceptable to society; to train or adapt to societal norms. 2. To organize according to socialist principles.
  • Children socialize at school. (This uses the first, more common meaning of the verb, which is different from the adjective 'socialized'.)
• Socialization (noun): 1. The process of learning societal norms. 2. The act of bringing under collective control.
• Socialist (adjective/noun): Relating to or advocating social organization based on collective control.

Synonyms

• Nationalized: Brought under state control.
• Publicly owned: Owned by the government or community.
• Collectivized: Organized under collective control, especially in agriculture or industry.

Antonyms

• Privatized: Transferred from public to private ownership or control.
• Private: Belonging to or for the use of an individual person or group.
• Deregulated: Freed from government controls.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. under group or government control
   • socialized ownership
   • socialized medicine

Từ đồng nghĩa

• socialised