distributism

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noun

An economic ideology, based on Catholic social teachings, according to which property ownership is a fundamental right and the means of production should be spread as widely as possible rather than being centralized under the control of the state, corporations, or a few individuals.

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Meanings

noundistributism (uncountable)

alternative distributionism · alternative distributivism

  1. uncountableAn economic ideology, based on Catholic social teachings, according to which property ownership is a fundamental right and the means of production should be spread as widely as possible rather than being centralized under the control of the state, corporations, or a few individuals.

Origin

From distribute + -ism.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 分產主義 /分产主义
  • 分產主義 /分产主义 (fēnchǎn zhǔyì)ideology
Finnish distributismi
  • distributismiideology
Welsh perchentyaeth
  • perchentyaethideology
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