legalitarian
English
editEtymology
editBlend of legal + egalitarian
Adjective
editlegalitarian (not comparable)
- In favour of legislation as a means of bringing about equality.
- 1895, Francesco Saverio Nitti, Catholic Socialism[1]:
- Beside the practical and legalitarian Socialism of Decurtins there is also among the Catholics a small party of philanthropic or sentimental Socialists, who, while they deplore and criticise as anti-Christian the present state of society, have nothing to oppose to it beyond nebulous statements and transcendental yearnings.
- 2009, Richard Drake, Apostles and Agitators: Italy's Marxist Revolutionary Tradition[2]:
- Still strenuously resisting legalitarian socialism as treason to the cause, he had abandoned the values of his Bakuninist youth without yet finding replacements for them.
Derived terms
editNoun
editlegalitarian (plural legalitarians)
- One who promotes such ideas.
- 2012, D. Turcato, Making Sense of Anarchism: Errico Malatesta’s Experiments with Revolution, 1889-1900[3]:
- The insurrectionary spirit still had great value, but by neglecting modest means of struggle one ended up being powerless. This was why legalitarians had gained momentum ('Anarchismo nel movimento').