Labourism

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Support for the labour movement, the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign for better working conditions and treatment. countable, uncountable

    "These three sociointellectual traditions were Fabianism, ethical socialism, and militant labourism. Their combination eventually developed into the ideology of the British Labour Party, the primary hegemonic force of British socialism […]"

Example

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"These three sociointellectual traditions were Fabianism, ethical socialism, and militant labourism. Their combination eventually developed into the ideology of the British Labour Party, the primary hegemonic force of British socialism […]"

Etymology

From labour + -ism.

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