English Explanatory Dictionary

statism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of secularism: subservience of religious issues to political officials and expediency.
  2. Synonym of statecraft or statesmanship.
  3. Synonym of government or governance.
  4. The belief that most or all political power should be centralized in national governments.
  5. The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments.
  6. The belief that the state is a legitimate social institution.

Pronunciation

/ˈsteɪdɪzm/ /ˈsteɪdɪzəm/ /ˈsteɪtɪzm/ /ˈsteɪtɪzəm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-statism.wav

Word forms

statism

Etymology

From stat(e) + -ism. Doublet of etatism. First attested in c. 1600.

Synonyms

secularism statecraft or statesmanship government or governance etatism authoritarianism totalitarianism big government dirigisme regionalism federalism provincialism

Antonyms

anarchism

Related words

statocracy

Derived words

antistatism nanny statism statist welfare statism
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