statism
Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪdɪzm/
The English word “statism” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- Synonym of secularism: subservience of religious issues to political officials and expediency.
- Synonym of statecraft or statesmanship.
- Synonym of government or governance.
- The belief that most or all political power should be centralized in national governments.
- The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments.
- The belief that the state is a legitimate social institution.
Etymology
From stat(e) + -ism. Doublet of etatism. First attested in c. 1600.
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