utopian socialism: Meaning and Definition of

uto'pian so'cialism

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  1. (sometimes cap.) an economic system based on the premise that if capital voluntarily surrendered its ownership of the means of production to the state or the workers, unemployment and poverty would be abolished. Cf.
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