Chartism

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The practices and methodologies of chartists. uncountable
  2. 2
    the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A working-class movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century. historical

    "An insincere world; a godless untruth of a world! It is out of this, as I consider, that the whole tribe of social pestilences, French Revolutions, Chartisms, and what not, have derived their being,—their chief necessity to be."

Synonyms

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democratic reform movementpolitical reform movementworking class reform movement

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"An insincere world; a godless untruth of a world! It is out of this, as I consider, that the whole tribe of social pestilences, French Revolutions, Chartisms, and what not, have derived their being,—their chief necessity to be."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From chart + -ism.

Etymology 2

From chart(er) + -ism, named after the People's Charter of 1838, laying out the movement's six main aims.

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