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workerism

workerism noun: various trends in left-wing political discourse, especially anarchism and Marxism, that emphasize the political importance and centrality of the working class.

Noun

workerism (countable and uncountable, plural workerisms)

  1. Various trends in left-wing political discourse, especially anarchism and Marxism, that emphasize the political importance and centrality of the working class.
    • But the differences between these two works matter because they anticipated a fight that has arguably defined American politics since at least 2016, between a technocratic managerialism that champions college education and a nostalgic workerism that aims to defend and restore stable blue-collar...2025 June 26, Tyler Austin Harper, “The Blockbuster That Captured a Growing American Rift”, in The Atlantic

Forms of workerism

pluralworkerisms

Origin of workerism

From worker + -ism.

Questions about workerism

What does workerism mean?
Workerism means various trends in left-wing political discourse, especially anarchism and Marxism, that emphasize the political importance and centrality of the working class.
What part of speech is workerism?
Workerism is a noun.
What is the plural of workerism?
The plural of workerism is workerisms.

Words near workerism in the dictionary

  1. worker's compensation
  2. worker-priest
  3. worker-priests
  4. workeress
  5. workeresses
  6. workerism
  7. workerisms
  8. workerist
  9. workerists
  10. workerless
  11. workerlike

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