redistributionist

American  

[ree-dis-tri-byoo-shuh-nist] / ˌri dɪs trɪˈbyu ʃə nɪst /

noun

Economics.

1. a person who believes in, advocates, or supports income redistribution.

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Etymology

Origin of redistributionist

First recorded in 1975–80; redistribution + -ist

Example Sentences

And lest you think this is a radical redistributionist proposition, allow me to share the views of someone else who thinks so — one Rupert Murdoch.

From Los Angeles Times

Lawrence Powell, a history professor emeritus at Tulane University in New Orleans, called Mr. Edwards “the last of the buccaneer liberals who governed in the tradition of Huey Long. They were characterized by a redistributionist politics, where you could always see progress in lifting people out of poverty — but it was linked to easy political morals.”

From Washington Post

And even an ardent redistributionist might want to take care that the transfers stop with the yacht and don’t inadvertently transform some billionaire entrepreneur’s next start-up into fancy new office furniture for the secretary of housing and urban development.

From Washington Post

While the general public is in favor of medical treatment being given to those most in need and using a blind lottery system, McCaughey believes academics are using the pandemic as an opportunity to push a “redistributionist agenda.”

From Fox News

Raising the specter of the electorate’s purported conservatism has long served as a convenient justification for the Democratic party’s stubborn refusal to embrace redistributionist policies.

From The Guardian