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new labour

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables
new labour
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A movement in the 1990s and 2000s to rebrand the British Labour Party by discarding traditional goals such as nationalization and socialism.

British usage

Etymology

From the slogan “New Labour, New Britain”, used by Tony Blair in his 1994 Labour Party Conference speech.

Usage

Phrases

stakeholder society Third Way

Frequently Paired Words

Blairite stakeholder society Third Way

Questions

What does new labour mean?
A movement in the 1990s and 2000s to rebrand the British Labour Party by discarding traditional goals such as nationalization and socialism.
Where does new labour come from?
From the slogan “New Labour, New Britain”, used by Tony Blair in his 1994 Labour Party Conference speech.

How to pronounce new labour

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