Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dirigisme

/ˈdiɚɹɪʒɪz(ə)m/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: di-rigisme
IPA: /ˈdiɚɹɪʒɪz(ə)m/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A policy of strong state control over the economy and related social matters.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"These agents, for the same distributional and paternalistic reasons that motivated many of the socialist experiments in economic dirigisme, may seek to use political authority to modify, at least in part, the results of the market system."
"In the name of development, the reformed states adopted the dirigisme of colonial administration – forced labour re-emerged in them as well."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: dirigisme

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdiɚɹɪʒɪz(ə)m/
British English: /ˈdɪɹɪʒɪz(ə)m/

Usage

Inflected Forms

dirigismes (plural) dirigism (alternative)

Derived Forms

dirigiste

Frequently Paired Words

directionality directorate directorship dirigible dictatorship statism

Questions

How do you pronounce dirigisme?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdiɚɹɪʒɪz(ə)m/.
What does dirigisme mean?: A policy of strong state control over the economy and related social matters.
Where does dirigisme come from?: It is traced to French.

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