Definition of redistributionist in US English:
redistributionist
nounˌrēˌdistrəˈbyo͞oSHənist
A person who advocates the redistribution of wealth.
Example sentencesExamples
- As Shadow Chancellor, John remained a committed redistributionist and was determined to go out and argue the case for the policies which flowed from that.
- Despite his restrained academic tone, he appears to be a committed egalitarian and redistributionist.
- Last week in the Wall Street Journal he tried to woo them with an article in which he denied he was an old-style protectionist or redistributionist.
- He was not a redistributionist and he was not unduly concerned about disparities of income, although he acknowledged that it was disturbing to see extremes of wealth.
- Brown is too much of a redistributionist at heart to be seriously enamoured of across-the-board tax cuts as another way of disposing of surpluses and encouraging productivity.
adjectiveˌrēˌdistrəˈbyo͞oSHənist
Relating to the belief that wealth should be redistributed.
redistributionist measures
Example sentencesExamples
- Both parties have redistributionist agendas.
- And yet he has not given up his redistributionist instincts - while shaking middle Britain's hand he has stealthily rifled their wallets with the other.
- This shift in government policy, towards attending to individuals' emotional needs, is seen as a step up from traditional redistributionist social policies.
- Thus popular sanction will legitimate the silencing of redistributionist and egalitarian policy options.
- The purpose of this policy is redistributionist: wealthier students subsidize needier classmates by paying full price.