redistributionist

[ ree-dis-tri-byoo-shuh-nist ]

noun

, Economics.

1. a person who believes in, advocates, or supports income redistribution.

Word History and Origins

Origin of redistributionist¹

First recorded in 1975–80; redistribution + -ist

Example Sentences

Third, her message sounds redistributionist rather than pro-growth and economic freedom.

From Salon

And lest you think this is a radical redistributionist proposition, allow me to share the views of someone else who thinks so — one Rupert Murdoch.

From Los Angeles Times

They are working to subordinate the free and prosperous West to a redistributionist global authority.

From Washington Times

Lawrence Powell, a history professor emeritus at Tulane University in New Orleans, called Mr. Edwards “the last of the buccaneer liberals who governed in the tradition of Huey Long. They were characterized by a redistributionist politics, where you could always see progress in lifting people out of poverty — but it was linked to easy political morals.”

From Washington Post

And even an ardent redistributionist might want to take care that the transfers stop with the yacht and don’t inadvertently transform some billionaire entrepreneur’s next start-up into fancy new office furniture for the secretary of housing and urban development.

From Washington Post