corporative
- adjective
- /ˈkɔːrpərətɪv/
- Formal
- In a corporative system, businesses and labor unions play a key role in decision-making alongside the government.
- corporative state
- corporative structures
Examples
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At the same time, the regime was able to use the corporative union structure to restrict and control worker activity in the larger firms, which had been the source of worker unrest during the First Republic.
Academic text (1998) -
The actual construction of the Brazilian corporative state received a high priority from the very first years of the Vargas era.
Academic text (1990) -
Successes of the Catholic Church and a return to traditional corporative influence.
Academic text (1990) -
The Corporative State Structure of Brazil Since 1930
Academic text (1990) -
"At a minimum, 12 countries during the interwar period developed corporative states resting on the basis of 'the people.'"
Blog text (16) -
According to the Slon.ru writer, "the transformation of people into 'the people' of a corporative state takes approximately a decade."
Blog text (16) -
By 1970, it is true, the Church had lost its privileged place within the corporative ruling circle.
Academic text (1990) -
Yet, interestingly, the corporative state structure that Vargas had established did not entirely disappear.
Academic text (1990) -
These measures have not, however, been sufficiently considered within the larger context of the Church's longer-term corporative role in Brazilian society and politics.
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During the initial period of the Church's reinsertion within the corporative inner circle, relations between the institution and the civilians in charge of the state were extremely cordial.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
Relating to a system where groups like businesses or unions have official roles in government
How Corporatist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Corporative in politics comes from the Latin root corpus meaning 'body', the same root as corporation, so it describes a system that treats groups like businesses or unions as separate 'bodies' that join in state decision-making.