A person who is a member of or advocates for a political system based on councils or council governance rather than traditional hierarchies.
From council (from Latin concilium, an assembly) plus -ist (one who practices or believes in), creating a term for someone who supports council-based government.
Councilists were especially influential during revolutionary periods in Russia and Europe—they believed small democratic councils of workers, soldiers, and peasants should make decisions from the ground up rather than having leaders impose rules from above!
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