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Meaning of "labourism" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF LABOURISM

ˈleɪbəˌrɪzəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LABOURISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Labourism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LABOURISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Labour movement

The labour movement or labor movement is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign for better working conditions and treatment from their employers and governments, in particular through the implementation of labour and employment law. Trade unions are collective organizations within societies, organized for the purpose of representing the interests of workers and the working class. Many ruling class individuals and political groups may also be active in and part of the labour movement. In some countries, especially the United Kingdom and Australia the labour movement is understood to encompass a formal "political wing", frequently known by the name labour party or workers' party, which complements the aforementioned "industrial wing".

Definition of labourism in the English dictionary

The first definition of labourism in the dictionary is the dominance of the working classes. Other definition of labourism is a political, social, or economic system that favours such dominance. Labourism is also support for workers' rights.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LABOURISM

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LABOURISM

labour pains · Labour Party · labour relations · labour shortage · labour supply · labour unrest · labour ward · labour-intensive · labour-saving · labour-saving device · laboured · labouredly · labouredness · labourer · labouring · labouringly · labourist · Labourite · labours · laboursome

WORDS THAT END LIKE LABOURISM

adventure tourism · agritourism · agrotourism · amateurism · aneurism · auteurism · behaviourism · dark tourism · ecotourism · epicurism · pasteurism · prism · purism · scripturism · sex tourism · shamateurism · sinecurism · space tourism · tourism · voluntourism · voyeurism

Synonyms and antonyms of labourism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «labourism» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF LABOURISM

Find out the translation of labourism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of labourism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «labourism» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

labourism
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

laborismo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

labourism
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

labourism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

labourism
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

лейборизма
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

trabalhismo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

labourism
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

travaillisme
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Labourism
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Labourismus
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

labourism
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

labourism
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Labourism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

labourism
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கட்சிவாதத்தின்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मजुरी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

işçicilikten
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

laburismo
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

labourism
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

лейборизму
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

laburismului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

labourism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

labourism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

labourism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

labourism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of labourism

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LABOURISM»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of labourism
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «labourism».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about labourism

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LABOURISM»

Discover the use of labourism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to labourism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Labourism and the English Genius: The Strange Death of ...
Labour's fourth successive electoral defeat in 1992 rekindled the muffled controversy over its future.
Gregory Elliott, 1993
2
Race, Discourse and Labourism
How has the Labour party handled the issue of race? Caroline Knowles argues that the commonwealth of socialism is founded upon a well-concealed history of brutality and repression.
Caroline Knowles, 2005
3
The Struggle for Labour's Soul: Understanding Labour's ...
What is 'Labourism'? I*ihourism is an elusive concept and though frequendy used lacks any agreed definition. However, all the various usages agree that it refers to the nexus ('interdependence of two elements': Penguin English Dictionary) ...
Raymond Plant, Matt Beech, Kevin Hickson, 2004
4
A Social History of Lancashire, 1558-1939
12. FROM. CHARTISM. TO. LABOURISM? WORKING-CLASS. ATTITUDES. AND . POPULAR. POLITICS,. 1850-1914. Chartism as a mass movement wilted miserably in Lancashire after 1848, even in the cotton district where it had flourished ...
John K. Walton, 1986
5
Patterns of the Past: Interpreting Ontario's History
ONTARIO. WORKERS. AND. THE. DECLINE. OF. LABOURISM. James. N. aylor. As the year of the Winnipeg General Strike and the emergence of the One Big Union, 1919 was a landmark in Canadian working-class history. Yet dramatic class ...
Roger Hall, Anthony Westell, Laurel Sefton MacDowell, 1996
6
Peak Unions in Australia: Origins, Purpose, Power, Agency
According to Markey, the Labor Council of New South Wales 'has been pre- eminent amongst the labour councils of Australia with an industrial influence of national proportions'.2 The New South Wales case epitomises successful ' labourism' ...
Bradon Ellem, Ray Markey, John Shields, 2004
7
The White Man's World
Jonathan Hyslop, 'The Imperial Working Class Makes itself “White”:White Labourism in Britain,Australia, and South Africa Before the First World War', Journal ofHistorical Sociology, 12/4 (1999), 413; Burns cited in Jonathan Schneer, London ...
Bill Schwarz, 2011
8
Unions 2001: a blueprint for trade union activism
Unions 2001: a blueprint for trade union activism.
‎1995
9
The Labour Party's Political Thought: A History
This book provides a synoptic and accessible history of political ideas within the Labour Party.
Geoffrey Foote, 1997
10
Paving the third way: the critique of parliamentary socialism
"Writings from such thinkers as Ralph Miliband, David Coates, Leo Panitch, and Hilary Wainwright are collected in this anthology of leftist perspectives on the character, politics, and evolution of the British Labour Party.
David Coates, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LABOURISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term labourism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Harman seeks to end Labour row with 'reasoned amendment' to …
New Labourism is still a hegemonic force at Brewers Green (Labour Party HQ) and despite having resigned as leader eight years ago, Blair is ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
What Labour's next leader needs to know
... the Scottish thinker Tom Nairn's suggestion that the ruptures of the 1980s might mean that “the very basis of Scottish Labourism is in doubt”; ... «Prospect, Jul 15»
3
Harman seeks to end Labour row with 'reasoned amendment … - HITC
New Labourism is still a hegemonic force at Brewers Green (Labour Party HQ) and despite having resigned as leader eight years ago, Blair is ... «HITC, Jul 15»
4
Sunrise for the Scottish left
... within the working class, but there is no necessary connection between reformism in general and the specific form taken by Labourism. «Socialist Worker Online, Jul 15»
5
Who needs the Labour Party now?
From that moment, traditional Labourism was effectively dead, and both the union machines and the Labour Party were reduced to zombie ... «Spiked, May 15»
6
Why do unions still follow Labour?
Labourism comes with a false division between economics and politics. Unions are meant to pursue economic demands in the workplace ... «Socialist Worker, May 15»
7
Peter Jones: Salvation in being Union-minded
And just as much as that means moving on from the 1970s, so it also means moving on from the Blairite labourism of the 1990s. Much of Tony ... «Scotsman, May 15»
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Self-interest and a just society are not in conflict, whatever 'shy …
... sure that this conviction is politically sectional. In fact, prior to Mrs Thatcher, it used to be as much a feature of Conservatism as of Labourism. «The Guardian, May 15»
9
The death of British Labourism
It is a measure of how right-wing the Labour Party is that the rout it suffered in Thursday's UK general election has prompted a chorus of ... «World Socialist Web Site, May 15»
10
Comment: Labour should steer clear of suicide by Blairism
... Labour will fall back into the hands of Blairites – many of them also unreconstructed – and lurch sharply towards New New Labourism. «Left Foot Forward, May 15»
REFERENCE
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