labourism en · NOUN
Etymology
From labour + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Support 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| laborism | alternative | lexicographic | |
| labourisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |