Associations to the word «Chartism»

Wiktionary

CHARTISM, noun. (finance) The practices and methodologies of chartists.
CHARTISM, proper noun. (historical) A movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century.

Dictionary definition

CHARTISM, noun. The principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne