English Explanatory Dictionary

etatism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of statism, sometimes (derogatory) with specific distinctions derived from Mises's political theories.

Pronunciation

/ɛˈtɑt.ɪzm/ /ɛˈtɑːtɪzəm/

Word forms

etatism etatisms étatisme etatisme

Etymology

From état (“state”) + -ism, equivalent to a borrowing of French étatisme but coined by Ludwig von Mises's 1944 Omnipotent Government to emphasize statism's longer history in France and other Continental governments than in the Anglosphere. Doublet of statism.

Synonyms

statism sometimes

Related words

etatist etatiste
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