| 释义 |
workerist, a. and n.|ˈwɜːkərɪst|
[f. worker + -ist.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a worker-oriented view of society; (too) sympathetic to the role of labour in the class struggle.
B. n. One who adopts workerist values; spec. applied (somewhat derog.) to a member of the middle or upper classes who espouses the cause of the working class.
1959W. Birmingham tr. J. Daniélouin Cross Currents Fall 381/2 The workerist conception locates poverty on the level of the standard of living. The ‘collectivist’ locates poverty on the level of private property. 1981Filmnews (Austral.) May 6/2 The practice of Cinema Action was criticised as workerist for assuming that there was a unified working class. 1984Sunday Tel. 2 Dec. 21/2 Oxford, long the home of what is now known as the ‘workerist’ (public school student turning very Left⁓wing). 1985Daily Tel. 11 Feb. 12/2 The genuine proletarians of the hard Left who regard him [sc. Mr. Benn] as ‘workerist’. |