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syndicalism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Control of both industry and government by labor unions, especially as achieved through revolutionary direct action; advocacy for attempts to bring it about.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences, socialism

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: antisyndicalism

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noun

Meaning 2

a radical political movement that advocates bringing industry and government under the control of labor unions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: political movement

History

Etymology

From French syndicalisme.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սինդիկալիզմ (sindikalizm) — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Asturian: sindicalismu — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Catalan: sindicalisme — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工團主義 /工团主义 (gōngtuán zhǔyì) — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Dutch: syndicalisme — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • French: syndicalisme — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Galician: sindicalismo — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Hindi: सिंडिकवाद (siṇḍikvād) — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Hungarian: szindikalizmus — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Indonesian: sindikalisme — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Italian: sindacalismo — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Japanese: 労働組合主義 (rōdōkumiaishugi) — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Japanese: サンディカリスム (sandikarisumu) — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Korean: 신디컬리즘 (sindikeollijeum) — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Korean: 노동조합주의 (nodongjohapjuui) — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Persian: سندیکالیسم — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Polish: syndykalizm — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Portuguese: sindicalismo — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Romanian: sindicalism — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Russian: синдикали́зм (sindikalízm) — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Serbo-Croatian: sindikalizam — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Spanish: sindicalismo — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Swedish: syndikalism — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Thai: สหการนิยม — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Turkish: sendikalizm — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions
  • Ukrainian: синдикалізм (syndykalizm) — the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions