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单词 unionist
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unionist
noun[C]
uk/ˈjuː.ni.ən.ɪst/us/ˈjuː.ni.ən.ɪst/

unionistnoun[C](POLITICS)

(alsoUnionist)
apersonwhosupportsthepolicythat thecountriesof the UK shouldremainunited,especiallythatNorthernIreland shouldremainpartof theUnitedKingdom ofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland:
Thedealwasopposedby the hardline unionists.
TheUlsterUnionists called for afullinquiryinto thecase.
Inelectionsfiveyearslater, hisDemocraticUnionistsbecameNorthernIreland'sbiggestProtestantparty.
I should havelikedto haveseenScottishunionistsbetterrepresentedon thepanel.
(alsoUnionist)
at thetimeof the American Civil War, asupporterof theUnion(= thestatesthat did notleavetheUnitedStates):
Thearticleexaminestheconflictbetween unionists and secessionists in thestatepriorto the Civil War.
There were many Unionistslivingin the BorderStateswhoopposedsecessionandsupportedtheUnion.
(alsoUnionist)
apersonwhosupportsthepoliticalprinciplethat acountryorstateshouldremainunitedwithothersin alargerunion:
Catalanunionists haveremovedpro-independencepostersin thestreets.
They were unionists whoadvocatedtheunificationof Romania and Moldova.
More examples
  • Theypraisedthepower-sharingexecutivein which unionists,nationalistsandrepublicansservedalongsideeach other.
  • Soon after thebeginningof thewar,bandsof unionistsstartedraidingcoastalplantations.
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unionistnoun[C](WORK)

apersonwho is amemberof atradeunion(= aworkers'organizationthatrepresentsthepeoplewhoworkin aparticularindustry):
Themarchwasattendedby several thousand unionists andinternationalsocialists.
In themonthsimmediatelyfollowingtheearthquake, bothindustrialistsand unionists in Tokyo wereworkingto getworkplacesrestored.
Synonym
trade unionist
More examples
  • TheNationalPartybrandedthe moremilitantunionists as Communists and wassuccessfulinbreakingmuch of thepowerof theunionsduring the 1951 Waterfrontdispute.
  • It was nolongerjustradicalstudents, unionists and communistsprotestingagainst thewar.
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  • arbitrate
  • arbitrator
  • bargaining power
  • closed shop
  • collective bargaining
  • free collective bargaining
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  • inter-union
  • labor union
  • labour relations
  • organized labour
  • shop steward
  • student union
  • trade union
  • trade unionism
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  • unionize
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unionist
adjective
(alsoUnionist)
uk/ˈjuː.ni.ən.ɪst/us/ˈjuː.ni.ən.ɪst/
supportingorrelatingto thepolicythat thecountriesof the UK shouldremainunited,especiallythatNorthernIreland shouldremainpartof theUnitedKingdom ofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland:
Theannouncementcamedaysafter the USSecretaryofStatemetunionist andrepublicanleadersin Belfast.
Several of the Unionistpoliticiansaccusedtheministerofhypocrisy.
theformationof theScottishUnionistparty
at thetimeof the American Civil War,supportingorrelatingto theUnion(= thestatesthat did notleavetheUnitedStates):
TheNorthern("Unionist")states,ledby Abraham Lincoln, weredeterminedtoforcetheSouthern("Confederate")statesback into theUnion.
supportingthepoliticalprinciplethat acountryorstateshouldremainunitedwithothersin alargerunion:
ASpanishunionistrallymockedtheseparatistmovement.
More examples
  • There wastalkof thenationaliststoppingthepolland the unionistvotebeingsplit.
  • The unionistelectorateappearsreadytocompromise.
  • Again and again, unionistmasterslearnedthefutilityoftryingtocontroltheirslaves.
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  • anti-capitalism
  • antidisestablishmentarianism
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  • big tent
  • labour movement
  • left
  • left-winger
  • leftism
  • right-winger
  • rightist
  • sectarian
  • sectarianism
  • the awkward gangidiom
  • the left wing
  • the SDLP
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(Definition ofunionistfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unionist| Business English

unionist
noun[C]
HR,WORKPLACE
uk
/ˈjuːniənɪst/us
/ˈjuːnjənɪst/
atrade unionist
(Definition ofunionistfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunionist

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So, again, unionists calculated on the basis of a less favourable future.
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Other responses were shaped by specific nationalist andunionistagendas.
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In the economy, he undertook extensive efforts to bring industrialists and trades unionists together for the good of the nation.
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In its initial use of regulations theunionistgovernment drew most heavily on measures aimed at averting immediate violence and civil unrest.
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This was particularly true on theunionistside.
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On the one hand, communal competition for votes on theunionist-nationalist dimension is intensified.
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This, of course, makes the political calculus simple and the number ofunionist/nationalist controlled councils relatively easy to predict.
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This was necessary if reconciliation between unionists and nationalists was to occur.
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Denomination, social class, age, education and strength ofunionistideology all show strong relationships with party preference.
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Of the city's fifteen parliamentary constituencies, ten wentunionist, three were secured by coalition liberals, and one each by coalition labour and labour.
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This certainly put pressure on unionists but did not predetermine what, if anything, they would agree to.
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The creation of the league permitted what was an effective alliance of unionists and liberals while maintaining the tradition of ' no politics ' in local government.
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Unionistwomen in this study broadly supported their party opposition to proactive strategies for women's inclusion.
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Those publications prohibited by theunionistgovernment which did not explicitly adopt this perspective were largely socialist or communist in character.
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But how many traditional peace activists, let alone labor unionists, really recognised their perception of reality in those intellectual postulates?
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