anarcho-syndicalism

[ an-er-koh-sin-di-kuh-liz-uhm, an-ahr-koh- ]

noun

1. syndicalism.

Other Words From

• anar·cho-syndi·cal·ist noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of anarcho-syndicalism¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

The strong labor movement started shading into anarcho-syndicalism, quite similar to the original fascist manifesto.

From Salon

Mussolini drew on strong existing left-wing European currents such as anarcho-syndicalism, wanting to offer the world an alternative to what he saw as the failures of the Western democracies.

From Salon

In July, former leader Lord Kinnock told a meeting of his party's MPs that Labour believed in parliamentary socialism, not anarcho-syndicalism.

From BBC

It was at this second plant, having spent a year studying anarcho-syndicalism at university, that I first encountered the real thing.

From The Guardian

You know, anarcho-syndicalism, communitarian anarchism, anarchy in the sense of let’s get rid of everything, the old kind of primitive anarchism, many different types.

From Salon