syndicalism
Americannoun
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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.
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an economic system in which workers own and manage industry.
noun
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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
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an economic system resulting from such action
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Etymology
Origin of syndicalism
From the French word syndicalisme, dating back to 1905–10. See syndical, -ism
Example Sentences
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Syndicalism is a workers’ political movement to put business ownership into workers’ hands, but in California, its criminal application extended not just to actions, including peaceful picketing, but to teaching or advocating anything resembling it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2023
Charles E. Ruthenberg, second defendant to be tried under the Michigan State Criminal Syndicalism law, was found guilty.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ambitiously attempted 1,208-page encyclopedia tracing the rise and decline of Liberalism, Anarchism, Syndicalism, Socialism, Fascism, Communism; by a onetime U. S. Communist.
From Time Magazine Archive
The jury trying William Z. Foster, the first of the 32 defendants charged with violating the Michigan State Syndicalism law, is composed of eleven men and one woman.
From Time Magazine Archive
Syndicalism and Democracy," says Émile Pouget, "are the two opposite poles, which exclude and neutralize each other....
From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert
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