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Labourism|ˈleɪbərɪz(ə)m|
[f. labour n. 2 b + -ism.]
The principles or tenets of the Labour Party in politics; the holding or advocacy of these principles.
1903Rep. 3rd Ann. Conf. Labour Representative Comm. 30/1 in Labour Party Foundation Conf. & Ann. Conf. Rep. 1900–05 (1967) 109 Let them have done with Liberalism and Toryism and every other ‘ism’ that was not Labourism. 1905Westm. Gaz. 13 May 2/2 Mr. Haldane has plied him with Imperialism, Mr. Keir Hardie with Labourism. 1908Ibid. 4 May 9/2 Two years ago many Liberals coquetted with Labourism, and the result gave them a fright. 1924J. R. Macdonald in Public Opinion 14 Mar. 248/3 Their Toryisms, Liberalisms and Labourisms. 1975Time Out 8 Aug. 21/1 The play becomes a neat exposition of Labourism over the last 50 years.
Add: Chiefly with lower-case initial, (U.S.) laborism, in general use. More widely, an outlook emphasizing working-class solidarity rather than ideology.
1909in Webster. 1976Armstrong & Nichols Workers Divided 19 But rather than neatly categorizing these [sc. foremen] as having ‘false consciousness’,..it may be necessary to take account of the pervasive ideology of ‘labourism’; an ideology which..informs a lot of trade union activity. |