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laborist

laborist

7.9
A person who supports workers and their unions
  • noun
  • /ˈleɪbərɪst/
  • US
translation icon : sindicalista
  • As a committed laborist, he dedicated his life to advocating for workers' rights and better working conditions.

Examples

  • She joined the political party because she identified as a laborist, supporting the needs and demands of the working class.

  • The conference brought together many laborists who shared their experiences in fighting for labor reform.

  • Notably, however, Shields explains that the apprenticeship system was the tool through which this "fraternal and sectional, laborist and masculinist" culture of craft was maintained.

    Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

leftist
vslaborist
63 3.5

A person who supports more social equality and government help in the economy

focuses specifically on labor movements or parties rather than general left politics
unionist
vslaborist
19 4.1

A person who belongs to a group of workers that talks with employers

is about supporting movements or parties broadly rather than just union membership
left-winger
vslaborist
8 4.2

A person who supports ideas for more equality and public services

centres on labor movement or party support rather than broad progressive agendas
trade unionist
vslaborist
1 3.8

A person who helps workers get better pay and safer jobs

supports movements or political parties for worker rights rather than being a union member
Labourite
vslaborist
  • UK
6.2

A person who supports or belongs to the British Labour Party

supports labor movements or parties in general, not only one national party
lefter
vslaborist
8.1

A person who supports left-wing political views

specifically supports labor movements or parties, not only general left ideas

How Opposed

antilabor
  • US
8.0
laborist
  • US
7.9

Surface Forms

laborist singular
laborists plural
labourists plural
labourist singular

Morphology

laborist = labor (transparent) = labor + ist

Derived by adding agentive/sociopolitical suffix '-ist' to 'labor' to indicate a supporter or member of the labour movement, a transparent supporter-forming pattern.

Etymology

Laborist is formed from Labor ('workers' or the labour movement) and -ist ('a supporter' or 'person who does something'). So a laborist is someone who supports labor unions or the Labor political party.