dirigiste

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy.
noun
  1. An advocate or practitioner of dirigisme.

Pronunciation

/dɪɹəˈʒist/ /dɪɹɪˈʒist/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dirigiste.wav En-us-dirigiste.oga

Word forms

dirigiste more dirigiste most dirigiste dirigist dirigistes

Etymology

Borrowed from French dirigiste, from diriger (“to run, to direct”), from Latin dirigere (“to direct, to steer”).

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