etatist
- noun
- /ˈeɪtəˌtɪst/
- Many etatists believe that government intervention is essential for economic stability.
- etatist policy
Examples
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As an etatist, she supported policies that increased the state's role in managing industries.
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The peak period of strict etatist policies in the 1970s has long been surpassed.
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More specifically, the etatist scene of earlier decades will probably give way to something similar to what Robert Bianchi calls a "corporatist-associative" model.
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The balance in such an arrangement will always remain delicate, so that a serious crisis experienced by the private sector will always be likely to prompt a return to a more comprehensive etatist policy, as happens periodically in Turkey.
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The first is an assumption that the private sector was severely constrained by public ownership and strict etatist policies, including allocation and pricing policies that distort economic incentives and outcomes.
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Arab countries aspiring to rapid "forced draft industrialization" have become disillusioned with the unrewarding socialist/etatist model.
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This was "real" capitalism in the making, believes one commentator, but it was promptly aborted by a state that was, in spite of its slogans, unable to divest itself from its Nasserite etatist mantle.
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In the so-called "socialized" (state-dominated, etatist) countries of Libya and Algeria, they were blocked through the concerned efforts of labor, ruling party cadre, and bureaucrats.
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The etatist approach emphasizes centralized control over economic and social policies.
Synonyms
A person who wants the government to control the economy and society
Antonyms
How Statist
Surface Forms
Morphology
etatist = statist (semi-transparent) = etat + ist
The agentive '-ist' indicates a person who holds the position, but because the root is a foreign form ('etat'), the relation is only partly transparent to learners.
Etymology
Etatist comes from the French word état meaning 'state' or 'government' and the ending -ist meaning 'one who'. So, an etatist is a person who supports strong government control of the economy and society.