A radical political movement that advocates bringing industry and government under the control of labor unions

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Syndicalism is a proposed type of economic system , a form of socialism , considered a replacement for capitalism . It suggests that industries be organized into confederations or syndicates . It is "a system of economic organization in which industries ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1907, from French syndicalisme "movement to transfer ownership of means of production and distribution to industrial workers," from syndical "of a labor union," from syndic "chief representative" (see syndic ).\n\n"Syndicalism" is in France the new, all-absorbing ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Elsewhere, Thompson relates Marxist thinking to what he called industrial syndicalism and describes as one of the great themes of Owenism. ▪ Most trade unionists had been indifferent to any political theory beyond an instinctive ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Syndicalism \Syn"dic*al*ism\, n. [F. syndicalisme.] The theory, plan, or practice of trade-union action (originally as advocated and practiced by the French Conf['e]d['e]ration G['e]n['e]rale du Travail) which aims to abolish the present ...

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n. a radical political movement that advocates bringing industry and government under the control of labor unions

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Control of government and industry by labor unions, usually achieved through revolutionary direct action.