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antilabor

antilabor

8.0
A person who is against labor unions and laws that help workers
  • noun
  • /ˌæntiˈleɪbər/
  • US
translation icon : antilaboral
  • His antilabor stance was evident when he voted against the new labor regulations.

Examples

  • They were notably on the mild side, considering the antilabor and inegalitarian biases and ruthless measures of the military government.

    Academic text (1997)

  • While occasionally opening its pages to progressive voices, the Post's fundamentally conservative views were pro-business, combative toward government intervention in free enterprise, antilabor, and anti-immigration.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The liability of the middle-class consumption orgy, the procapitalist rhetoric, and antilabor policies was that the JLP came to be viewed as the party of the "big man."

    Academic text (1992)

  • The antilabor policies proposed by the government angered many workers who wanted better rights.

  • As an antilabor activist, she frequently spoke against union organizing in her community.

How Opposed

antilabor
  • US
8.0
laborist
  • US
7.9

Surface Forms

antilabor singular
antilabors plural
anti-labors plural
antilabours plural
anti-labours plural
anti-labor singular
antilabour singular
anti-labour singular

Morphology

antilabor = antilabor (transparent) = anti + labor

This noun is a converted use of the already transparent adjective antilabor.

Etymology

Antilabor as a noun names a person who is 'against' (anti-) 'workers' (labor). So an antilabor is someone who opposes unions or workers' rights.