guild socialism


noun
  1. a form of socialism developed in England in the 20th century, emphasizing decentralization of industry and services with control to be vested in autonomous guilds of workers.

Origin of guild socialism

1
First recorded in 1910–15

Other words from guild socialism

  • guild socialist, noun
  • guild-so·cial·is·tic, adjective

Words Nearby guild socialism

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How to use guild socialism in a sentence

  • He has fused the insight of the syndicalist with the plans of the collectivists under the name of guild socialism.

    A Preface to Politics | Walter Lippmann
  • guild socialism as a scheme for placing production under the management of the producers seems to me to be on the wrong lines.

  • She had left a city which sat up nights to talk of universal transition; of European revolution, guild socialism, free verse.

    Main Street | Sinclair Lewis
  • Of these few, not half a dozen know the meaning of French syndicalism or English guild socialism.

    An American Idyll | Cornelia Stratton Parker
  • It is in fact something like guild socialism with the socialism left out.

British Dictionary definitions for guild socialism

guild socialism

noun
  1. a form of socialism advocated in Britain in the early 20th century. Industry was to be owned by the state but managed and controlled by worker-controlled guilds

Derived forms of guild socialism

  • guild socialist, noun

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