laboristic

adjective

la·​bor·​is·​tic

variants or British labouristic

¦lābə¦ristik

: characterized by policies or attitudes favorable to labor

this chamber … turned out to be so much more Fascist than laboristic

—H. R. Spencer

a laboristic society

Word History

Etymology

labor entry 1 + -istic

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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