syndicalism

American  

[sin-di-kuh-liz-uhm] / ˈsɪn dɪ kəˌlɪz əm /

noun

1. a form or development of trade unionism, originating in France, that aims at the possession of the means of production and distribution, and ultimately at the control of society, by federated bodies of industrial workers, and that seeks to realize its purposes through general strikes, terrorism, sabotage, etc.

2. an economic system in which workers own and manage industry.

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syndicalism British  

/ ˈsɪndɪkəˌlɪzəm /

noun

1. a revolutionary movement and theory advocating the seizure of the means of production and distribution by syndicates of workers through direct action, esp a general strike

2. an economic system resulting from such action

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Other Word Forms

• antisyndicalism noun
• antisyndicalist noun
• prosyndicalism noun
• prosyndicalist noun
• syndical adjective
• syndicalist adjective
• syndicalistic adjective

Etymology

Origin of syndicalism

From the French word syndicalisme, dating back to 1905–10. See syndical, -ism

Example Sentences

Harris even though in 1969 the Supreme Court declared criminal syndicalism laws unconstitutional.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2019

Albiñana early adopted more than a few of the trappings of fascism, stressing imperial expansion on the one hand and a broad, economically reformist state syndicalism on the other.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2017

Only a few days before, he had been released from the prisons of Michigan, pending an appeal of a conviction under the criminal syndicalism 'law of that state.

From Time Magazine Archive

A state law against criminal syndicalism included a ban on counseling an unlawful method to accomplish a political end; this, said the court, violated the First Amendment's free-speech guarantee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Trade unions, at basis of Spanish revolution of 1873, 39;entrance into, of anarchism, resulting in syndicalism, 231 ff. 

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert