Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sympathy strike

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: sym-pa-thy strike
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Industrial action by a trade union in support of a strike initiated by workers in another, separate enterprise.

Inflected Forms

sympathy strikes (plural)

Synonyms

sympathetic strike

Questions

What does sympathy strike mean?: Industrial action by a trade union in support of a strike initiated by workers in another, separate enterprise.

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