labourism

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounlabourism (countable and uncountable, plural labourisms)

plural labourisms · alternative laborism

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

    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 […]

    1997, Edwin A. Roberts, The Anglo-Marxists: A Study in Ideology and Culture, page 24

Origin

From labour + -ism.

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Anagrams

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APA

labourism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labourism

MLA

“labourism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labourism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “labourism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labourism.

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