syndicalism

Noun

Meaning

syndicalism (countable and uncountable, plural syndicalisms)

(socialism) Control of government and industry by labor unions, usually achieved through revolutionary direct action.
Antonym: antisyndicalism

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

socialism marxism collectivism antinomianism mobocracy lynch law revolutionism Leninism unionism ultraism ochlocracy sans-culottism anarcho-syndicalism

Hypernyms

political movement

Related terms

anarcho-syndicalism syndicalist syndical national syndicalism

Phrases with the word

criminal syndicalism national syndicalism

Examples

Anarcho-syndicalism is a theory of anarchism which views syndicalism as a method for workers in capitalist society to gain control of an economy and, with that control, influence broader society. Source: Internet

In 1895, the Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) in France expressed fully the organisational structure and methods of revolutionary syndicalism influencing labour movements the world over. Source: Internet

Paul Frederick Brissenden, "The I.W.W., a study in American syndicalism," Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, 1919, v.83 n.193 p.216-217. Source: Internet

An emphasis on industrial organisation was a distinguishing feature of syndicalism when it began to be identified as a distinct current at the beginning of the 20th century. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

syndiagenetic syndic syndical syndicalist syndically syndicate