[syn.di.cal.ism] n [F syndicalisme, fr. chambre syndicale trade union] (1907) 1: a revolutionary doctrine by which workers seize control of the economy and the government by direct means (as a general strike)
2: a system of economic organization in which industries are owned and managed by the workers
3: a theory of government based on functional rather than territorial representation -- syn.di.cal.ist adj or n