Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dirigiste

/dɪɹəˈʒist/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: di-rigiste
IPA: /dɪɹəˈʒist/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy.

noun

An advocate or practitioner of dirigisme.

Example Sentences

"The repeated crises in dirigiste systems are in essence crises of information since the abolition of the market leaves the central planner bereft of that economic knowledge which is required for harmony."
"Certainly, popular demands and the force of circumstances have already pushed the Biden administration towards a dirigiste programme of government-led recovery that has no real precedent since the 1960s."
"Warren wants to centralize economic decisions, creating a Department of Economic Development — a top-down council of government dirigistes."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: dirigiste, dīrigō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɪɹəˈʒist/

Inflected Forms

more dirigiste (comparative) most dirigiste (superlative) dirigist (alternative) dirigistes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

statist dirigisme

Questions

How do you pronounce dirigiste?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪɹəˈʒist/.
What does dirigiste mean?: Controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy.
Where does dirigiste come from?: It is traced to French.

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