Definition of "socialized" []

• Subsidized for social reasons (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of socialize. (verb)

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• "Reagan's political activism began in earnest when he hit the road to make speeches on behalf of corporate interests such as the American Medical Association, on whose behalf he warned voters that Medicare would lead to socialism; in fact, he invented the term "socialized medicine.""
• "Irate taxpayers fill the town hall meetings and protest loudly against what they term socialized medicine in our democratic country."