ouvrierismn.
/ˈuːvrɪərɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈuvriəˌrɪz(ə)m/ Esp. in France: the belief or doctrine that the political outlook of manual or industrial workers is essentially right, and hence that a socialist revolutionary movement should be led by workers rather than by political intellectuals.
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opportunism1902
social chauvinism1919
ouvrierism1950
self-management1953
workerism1953
1950 World Politics 3 146 The replacement of the older ‘intellectual crowd’ at the helm of the party by ‘sons of the party’ made it possible to appeal to the ouvriérisme of the workers.
1969 G. S. Jones in A. Cockburn & R. Blackburn Student Power 29 Such ouvrierism—the belief that the traditional working class has a monopoly of socialist potential—is a mystification.
1976 F. Zweig New Acquisitive Society ii. x. 134 Ouvrierism implies that the worker can never be the wrongdoer, he can be wronged but he cannot wrong others.
1991 Oxf. Art Jrnl. 14 108/2 The culture of a movement..was one of macho ouvrierism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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