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statist

statist

20 8.3
A person who wants the government to control the economy and society
  • noun
  • /ˈsteɪtɪst/
translation icon : estatista
  • The "permit-license-quota" culture of statist socialism allowed the ruling politicians to use politics as a vehicle for self-gratification.
  • statist economy
  • statist development
  • statist perspective

He was a statist, a traditional Russian statist in the imperial sense, and this won him a lot of followers.

Examples

  • In debates about healthcare, statists argue that the government should have a significant role in ensuring access for all citizens.

  • The politician's platform appealed to statists who believe that government intervention is necessary for social welfare.

  • The power of statist orders depends in part on their control over the means of classification.

    Academic text (1991)

  • There, we would expect statist efforts to inculcate little children in the sorts of experiences discussed here.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Politically, the Indian government has taken an increasingly critical view of its earlier statist and autarkic strategies.

    Academic text (1997)

  • According to the statist paradigm, "strong and autonomous developmental states" are able to meet this challenge.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The collapse of the Soviet Union, Halliday contends, has eliminated the space for autonomous statist development.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Fidel Castro still commands an authoritarian political system and a statist economy.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The overall approach was one of statist, government-led development (Sharp, 1988: 187).

    Academic text (1990)

  • In addition, authoritarian, statist societies are often able to hunker down and withstand the effects of sanctions.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

centralist
vsstatist
1 7.5

A person who supports a strong national government instead of local governments

focuses instead on control of economic and social policy rather than power distribution
etatist
vsstatist
9.9

A person who supports strong government control of the economy and society

means the same and is the term used in this entry

Antonyms

libertarian
178 7.7

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

How Statist

statist
20 8.3
libertarian
178 7.7

Surface Forms

statist singular
statists plural

Morphology

statist = state (transparent) = state + ist

Formed from 'state' + '-ist' to denote a person who supports or advocates state control, a straightforward agentive derivation.

Etymology

Statist means a person who supports strong government. The word comes from state ('government') and -ist ('one who supports'), so a statist is someone who wants the government to take a central role in running the economy and society.