statism
/ˈsteɪdɪzm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of secularism: subservience of religious issues to political officials and expediency.
Derogatory; Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
The belief that most or all political power should be centralized in national governments.
Derogatory; Uncountable
noun
The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments.
Derogatory; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Religion turned into Statisme, will soone prooue Atheisme."
- "My great Cousin hauing euermore From my greene yeares accepted my aduise In points of statisme..."
- "[The Ten Commandments] have formed the basis of every system of statism adopted by the civilized communities of the earth."
- "Near-synonyms: big government, dirigisme"
- "Bismarck... believes in State insurance in State activities, in place of individual action. But this is not Socialism. It is Statism."
- "Republican Senator Charles L. McNary concluded his Vice-Presidential campaign tonight with the charge the New Deal is ‘taking deeper and deeper refuge in paternalism and statism’."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsteɪdɪzm/
- British English: /ˈsteɪtɪzm/
Usage
Derived Forms
Phrases
nanny statism
welfare statism
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
secularism
statecraft or statesmanship
government or governance
etatism
authoritarianism
totalitarianism
big government
dirigisme
regionalism
federalism
provincialism