occupationalist en · ADJ
Etymology
From occupational + -ist.
Meanings
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Providing benefits to people based on employment (as opposed to socialism, welfare, etc.).
Social Security, in accordance with the 'occupationalist approach', covers only persons engaged in the specified types of gainful activities.
1993, Biranchi Narayan Mishra, Dynamics of Social Security Administration, page 25:The Italian pension system comprised more than 120 separate public pension funds for different sectors and categories of workers at its peak (Castellino 1976) and is therefore an unusually fragmented occupationalist system.
2009, Kees van Kersbergen, Philip Manow, Religion, Class Coalitions, and Welfare States, page 96:These schemes are also occupationalist in nature and are primarily designed to protect workers in the event of work injury, sickness and maternity.
2013, James Midgley, Social Development: Theory and Practice, page 180:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more occupationalist | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most occupationalist | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |