Socialistic means 'having something of socialism about it' — based on socialist ideas, or leaning that way. The important thing is the shade of it.

Socialistic meansSocialistic意思是 'having something of socialism about it'「帶有一點社會主義的味道」 based on socialist ideas基於社會主義的想法 or 傾斜 leaning that way朝那個方向傾斜。The important thing is重點在於 the shade of it它的語氣色彩。

English already has a plain adjective, 'socialist' ('a socialist party', 'socialist policies'), and that one is neutral: it just says what the thing is. 'Socialistic' is the vaguer, looser cousin, and in practice it usually carries a frown.

English already has英文本來就有 a plain adjective, 'socialist'一個中性的形容詞「socialist」 ('a socialist party', 'socialist policies')（如a socialist party、socialist policies） and 這個字 that one is neutral是中性的 it just says what the thing is它只是在描述那個東西是什麼。'Socialistic' is「Socialistic」是 the vaguer, looser cousin它比較模糊、比較鬆散的表親 and 實際使用起來 in practice it usually carries a frown通常帶著皺眉的意味。

Someone who says 'these socialistic policies' is nearly always against them. It is a favourite word of newspaper columnists and politicians, especially in the United States, where it gets thrown at any plan involving government money — health care, free lunches at school — to make it sound suspicious.

Someone who says 'these socialistic policies'一個人說「these socialistic policies」的時候 is nearly always against them幾乎都是在反對那些政策。It is a favourite word of newspaper columnists and politicians這是報紙專欄作家和政治人物很愛用的字 especially in the United States尤其在美國 where it gets thrown at any plan involving government money任何牽涉到政府經費的計畫都會被扣上這個字 health care, free lunches at school健保、學校的免費午餐 to make it sound suspicious讓它聽起來很可疑。

So the word does two jobs at once: it says 'a bit like socialism' and it says 'and I don't like it'.

So所以 the word does two jobs at once這個字同時做兩件事 it says 'a bit like socialism'它說「有點像社會主義」 and 也說 it says 'and I don't like it'「而且我不喜歡」。

That said, be careful, because the disapproval is not built into the letters. In older writing, and in some academic writing, socialistic is used quite calmly to mean 'somewhat socialist in character' when the writer does not want to claim the thing is fully socialist — 'the village had socialistic habits of sharing land'. So read the sentence around it before deciding the tone.

That said, be careful話雖如此，要小心 because 因為 the disapproval is not built into the letters那種不贊同的意味並不是寫死在這幾個字母裡的。In older writing在比較舊的文章 and 還有 in some academic writing一些學術寫作裡 socialistic is used quite calmlysocialistic會被很平靜地用來 to mean 'somewhat socialist in character'表示「性質上有點像社會主義」 when the writer does not want to claim the thing is fully socialist這時作者不想說那個東西完全是社會主義 'the village had socialistic habits of sharing land'例如「這個村子有socialistic的分地習慣」。So所以 read the sentence around it要看它前後的句子 before deciding the tone再決定它的語氣。

As a student, you will meet this word far more often than you will need to use it.

As a student身為學生 you will meet this word你會遇到這個字的次數 far more often than遠多於 you will need to use it你需要自己用到它的次數。