socialism of the chair

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English

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Etymology

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Calque of German Kathedersozialismus.

Noun

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socialism of the chair (uncountable)

  1. (historical, 1870s, derogatory) The policy, advocated by a group of German political economists, of state aid for the betterment of the working classes.

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