statism

[ stey-tiz-uhm ]

noun

1. the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
2. support of or belief in the sovereignty of a state, usually a republic.

statism

/ ˈsteɪtɪzəm /

noun

1. the theory or practice of concentrating economic and political power in the state, resulting in a weak position for the individual or community with respect to the government

Other Words From

• anti·statism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of statism¹

First recorded in 1600–10; state + -ism

Example Sentences

Historically, conservatives treated the minimum wage as an affront to free labor and a step on a slippery slope towards statism.

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What in their history do they find inconsistent with totalitarianism, or at best statism, or at worst Marxism?

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Universal coverage need not mean higher costs, nor more statism.

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Perhaps one-statism that dismantles Israel as a democratic state is fine.

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Naturally enough, the criticisms of the syndicalists are leveled chiefly against political action, parliamentarism, and Statism.

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Bad as this may be, the opposite form of single statism would seem to be more devastating in our present situation.

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His theory is not merely Statism (tatisme); it is pure despotism.

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Marden was as old as the New System of statism and inhumanity that had started off disguised as social-democracy.

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