The same political term can carry radically divergent meanings across allies

Evidence

It is obvious that the Egyptian understanding of “socialism,” in the context of their own ideology of Arab socialism, differed radically from the Soviet interpretation of the same term. Both meanings were advanced in the internal debate in Egypt, the one being called “Arab socialism,” the other, “scientific” socialism. At the present time, both countries would probably agree that socialism is neither Arab nor scientific. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 977

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• CANDY: The closing jab that both countries now agree socialism is neither Arab nor scientific is a dry, quotable line.