Laborism
Americannoun
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a political theory favoring the dominance of labor in the economic and political life of a country.
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the doctrines and programs of the Labour party.
Other Word Forms
- laboristic adjective
Etymology
Origin of Laborism
Example Sentences
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It was hardly a secret that among those on her list of less-favored was Haines, 49, practitioner of an abrasive, workingman style of Laborism.
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The three prongs of her trident — Laborism, Conservatism, Liberalism— absorbed her whole attention.
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There were Premier Baldwin and some of his Ministers sitting on the Government Bench answering some routine questions as if they had never heard of Laborism and Mr. Macdonald.
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To the forces of non-cooperation and other parties of a turbulent revolutionary nature in India, the advent of Laborism in Britain was looked forward to with undisguised enthusiasm.
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He advocated constitutional socialism or what may now be termed Laborism, which means improving the status of the laboring classes in human society by constitutional means.
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