| 释义 |
redistriˈbutionist, n. (and a.)
[re- 5 a.]
One who advocates the redistribution of wealth. Cf. welfare-statist n. s.v. welfare state n. Also attrib. or as adj.
1966T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 vi. 181 They'd call her names, proclaim her..as a redistributionist and pinko. 1976Economist 27 Mar. (Survey Suppl.) 13/3 Mr Cameron is a left-winger of the good old straightforward redistributionist sort, and he came to office with the conviction that it was time to give the workers a bigger share of the cake. 1978W. F. Buckley Stained Glass 229 Sometimes in a redistributionist excess he would think of it as his and Meister Gerard's chapel. 1981Industry Week 4 May 9 It will be there that we will see just how far the newfound conservatism will allow tempering the fanatic rush that redistributionists have been in to meet new social goals. 1986Nat. Westminster Bank Q. Rev. Nov. 3 Redistributionists also discovered that in a welfare state redistribution takes place as a result of direct income transfers through the expenditure side of the budget. |