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Swingism

Swingism noun: opposition by agricultural labourers to new machinery that could put them out of work.

Noun

Swingism (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Opposition by agricultural labourers to new machinery that could put them out of work.

Origin of Swingism

From Captain Swing + -ism.

Questions about Swingism

What does Swingism mean?
Swingism means opposition by agricultural labourers to new machinery that could put them out of work.
What part of speech is Swingism?
Swingism is a noun.

Words near Swingism in the dictionary

  1. swinginger
  2. swingingest
  3. swingingly
  4. swingingness
  5. swingings
  6. Swingism
  7. swingle
  8. swingle tree
  9. swingle trees
  10. swingle-tree
  11. swingle-trees

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