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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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
To avoid these excesses, while retaining the admitted benefits of syndicalism, His Holiness appeared to favor a system of co-operation between Capital & Labor based upon local units, similar in scope to the medieval guilds.
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
Industrial Workers of the World, American syndicalism, 247 n.
From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert
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