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Socialist Labor Party

Socialist Labor Party

6.9
A political party in the United States that wants workers to own businesses peacefully
  • proper noun
  • US
translation icon : Partido Laborista Socialista
  • The Socialist Labor Party was founded in 1874.

Examples

  • The Socialist Labor Party played a significant role in early American labor movements.

  • Debates about worker rights in the late nineteenth century often referenced the Socialist Labor Party.

  • He became a member of the Socialist Labor Party after reading about its principles.

  • Why did the Socialist Labor Party decline in the 20th century?

  • In the early 1900s, the Socialist Labor Party was influential in advocating for the rights of workers.

  • Many activists joined the Socialist Labor Party to promote socialist policies across the United States.

  • The Socialist Labor Party organized rallies to raise awareness about workers' rights and social justice.

Synonyms

Labour
vsSocialist Labor Party
  • UK
27 2.9

A political party in Britain that represents working people

advocates peaceful nationwide socialism from an earlier US founding
labor party
vsSocialist Labor Party
  • US
18 3.7

A political group that tries to win elections to help working people and get fair treatment for all

advocates peaceful socialist change with an earlier explicit socialist goal
Labour Party
vsSocialist Labor Party
  • UK
10 2.8

A major political party in the United Kingdom that supports workers, trade unions, and social welfare policies

promotes peaceful socialist establishment originating in 1874 United States
Socialist Party
vsSocialist Labor Party
  • US
9 3.4

A political party in the United States that supports government ownership of businesses and greater economic equality

advocates same peaceful socialist establishment but traces to 1874 founding
Social Democratic Party
vsSocialist Labor Party
1 4.6

A political party that wants a slow change from capitalism to democratic socialism

focuses on peaceful establishment of socialism rather than gradual democratic reform
British Labour Party
vsSocialist Labor Party
1 2.7

A major political party in the United Kingdom that supports workers and social justice

advocates nationwide peaceful socialism with explicit founding in 1874
Farmer-Labor Party
vsSocialist Labor Party
  • US
1 8.8

A former small US political party that represented farmers and workers

advocated peaceful socialist establishment broadly, not only rural and farm interests
Australian Labor Party
vsSocialist Labor Party
3.2

A major political party in Australia that supports workers and moderate social policies

focuses on peaceful socialist establishment rather than moderate liberal reform
American Labor Party
vsSocialist Labor Party
  • US
7.1

A former New York political party formed in 1936 by labor unions and liberals

advocated peaceful socialism nationally starting in 1874 rather than local breakaway politics

Surface Forms

Socialist Labor Party main

Morphology

socialist + labor + party

The meaning is directly compositional: 'socialist' (advocating socialism) + 'labor' (workers) + 'party' (political organization) yields a political party representing socialist labor interests. This follows normal naming conventions for political organizations and has clear cross-linguistic equivalents, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would understand the MWE.

Etymology

Socialist Labor Party comes from a simple idea: a 'party' of Socialist people who stood for Labor, meaning 'workers'. Socialist showed they wanted 'socialism', or more sharing of business, and Labor showed they spoke for 'workers', so the name tells their goal to improve working people's lives peacefully.