critical support
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Support, given to those with theoretical disagreements, in the furtherance of anti-imperialism or socialism, especially international socialism.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The only way this isolation might have been avoided was for the Workers’ Party to bring this Farmer-Labour movement as an organised left-wing under its own leadership to a critical support of the La Follette movement, in order to split from the La Follette movement at the first opportunity, when the pressure of the initial enthusiasm had begun to subside, when the illusions had already withered."
- "Economic sanctions, if real, lead to military sanctions, to war. The I.L.P. itself has been saying this. It should have given critical support to all Labour party candidates i.e., where the I.L.P. itself was not contesting."
- "In short, the Fidelist and Guevarist movements have given their critical support to these parties at the same time that they have also endeavored to organize independent action movements of their own."