-kəˌlizəm noun
( -s )
Etymology: French syndicalisme, from ( chambre ) syndicale trade union (from chambre chamber + syndicale, feminine of syndical ) + -isme -ism
1. : a revolutionary political movement that aims by the general strike and direct action of labor unions to overthrow parliamentary democracy and establish a corporate society with general control in the hands of trade unions and workers' cooperatives — called also anarcho-syndicalism ; compare criminal syndicalism , marxism
2. : trade unionism