legalitarian
English
Etymology
Blend of legal + egalitarian
Adjective
legalitarian (not comparable)
- In favour of legislation as a means of bringing about equality.
- 1895, Francesco Saverio Nitti, Catholic Socialism:
- 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:
- 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
- legalitarianism
Noun
legalitarian (plural legalitarians)
- One who promotes such ideas.
- 2012, D. Turcato, Making Sense of Anarchism: Errico Malatesta’s Experiments with Revolution, 1889-1900:
- 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').
-