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regulationist

regulationist

7.8
A person who supports official rules and controls for government or business
  • noun
  • /ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃənɪst/
  • Jargon
translation icon : regulador
  • As a committed regulationist, she advocates for policies that promote economic equity and sustainability.

Examples

  • For 'regulationists,' the most important relationship is that of capital and labor, as it is the primary contradiction of capitalism.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Viewing capitalist economies as 'regimes of accumulation,' regulationists are interested in those states where the kind of accumulation that industrialization allows takes place.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The theory is identified with the French "regulationist" school.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Regulationist theory captures some essential features of these changes.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Since capitalism has spread worldwide, it is not surprising that regulationist theorists began to analyze socioeconomic development in the Third World.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The French regulationist school, the Frankfurt school, and other continental philosophies aside, what can one make of this export of British Marxist scholarship?

    Academic text (1990)
  • With the expansion of capitalist production and the distribution of commodities around the world, the notions of the regulationists become relevant to the global context.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The conference featured several prominent regulationists who discussed the future of environmental regulations.

  • Many regulationists argue that stronger oversight is essential for preventing financial crises.

Synonyms

regulator
vsregulationist
  • Formal
211 4.6

An official or organization that makes sure companies follow rules

supports and promotes systems of rules rather than enforcing or supervising them
policymaker
vsregulationist
84 3.5

A person who makes rules for a government or organization

advocates for and helps design systems of rules without holding formal rulemaking power

Antonyms

178 7.7

A person who wants people to have more freedom and very small government

How Supportive

advocate
282 4.1
regulationist
  • Jargon
7.8
supporter
817 1.0
neutral
218 3.6
critic
563 3.0
opponent
907 2.1

Surface Forms

regulationist singular

Morphology

regulationist = regulation (transparent) = regulation + ist

Regular suffixation of '-ist' to 'regulation' yielding an agent/advocate noun meaning 'supporter or practitioner of regulation'.

Etymology

Regulationist comes from regulation plus the ending -ist, with the root reg- meaning 'rule', as in regular or the word 'rule'. So a regulationist noun is a person who supports or makes systems of rules and formal controls.