Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

labourism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: labourism
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Support for the labour movement, the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign for better working conditions and treatment.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"These three sociointellectual traditions were Fabianism, ethical socialism, and militant labourism. Their combination eventually developed into the ideology of the British Labour Party, the primary hegemonic force of British socialism […]"

Etymology

From labour + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: labour

Usage

Inflected Forms

labourisms (plural) laborism (alternative)

Questions

What does labourism mean?: Support for the labour movement, the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign for better working conditions and treatment.
Where does labourism come from?: From labour + -ism.

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