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chartism

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

A working-class movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The practices and methodologies of chartists.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: business, finance

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3

noun

Meaning 3

the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: ethic, moral principle, value-system, value orientation

History

Etymology

From chart(er) + -ism, named after the People's Charter of 1838, laying out the movement's six main aims.

Etymology tree English chart Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English chartism From chart + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِيثَاقِيَة (mīṯāqiya) — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Armenian: չարտիզմ (čʻartizm) — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Azerbaijani: çartizm — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Basque: kartismo — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Belarusian: чартызм (čartyzm) — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Catalan: cartisme — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Czech: chartisté — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Dutch: chartisme — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Esperanto: Ĉartismo — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Finnish: chartismi — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • French: chartisme — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Galician: cartismo — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • German: Chartismus — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Greek: χαρτισμός (chartismós) — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Italian: cartismo — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Japanese: チャーティズム (chātizumu) — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Kazakh: чартизм (çartizm) — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Korean: 차티즘 (chatijeum) — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Kyrgyz: чартизм (cartizm) — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Occitan: cartisme — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Polish: czartyzm — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Portuguese: cartismo — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Russian: чарти́зм (čartízm) — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Serbo-Croatian: чартѝзам — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Serbo-Croatian: čartìzam — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Slovene: čartizem — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Spanish: cartismo — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Swedish: chartism — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Turkish: çartizm — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Ukrainian: чарти́зм (čartýzm) — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century
  • Welsh: Siartiaeth — a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century