welfarist
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7.7
- adjective
- /ˈwɛlˌfɛrɪst/
- The politician promoted welfarist policies to ensure that all citizens had access to essential health care.
Examples
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Interestingly enough, that position is shared by The Financial Times and The Economist, no flagships of welfarist sentiment, because they have grasped the inextricable link between domestic stabilization and international liberalization.
Academic text (1994) -
By supporting this particular strategy, which was survivalist and short-term in nature, U.S. aid specifically and foreign aid generally contributed to the welfarist attitudes common among Palestinians, increased their dependency upon external assistance, and weakened the development of an indigenous productive base.
Academic text (1991) -
In conditions of overall contraction, they find it extremely difficult to continue simultaneously with their twin developmentalist and welfarist roles.
Academic text (1992) -
Analogously, we can learn to adapt the same attitudes towards society since our attention is oriented towards forms of violence that easily mask as welfarist principles yet are not responsive to the needs of those for whom we see ourselves speaking.
Academic text (1998) -
However, the state was forced to retrench, first away from direct control of manufacturing, and subsequently through a considerable reduction of a welfarist commitment, and eventually in the decline of the authority of the state in peripheral areas and its total withdrawal from the three Kurdish-dominated governorates in 1991.
Academic text (2007) -
Beyond this, I am a standard American 'fusionist' conservative: Christian public morality + capitalist economy + limited, non-socialist/welfarist government + celebration of Occidental high culture + strong national defense + traditional (retributive + restitutive) crime control methods.
Blog text (23) -
They believe in a welfarist approach to governance, where the state actively supports its citizens' social needs.
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The party's welfarist agenda focuses on improving the quality of life for the most vulnerable populations.
Synonyms
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8.9
Supporting a big government role in providing social benefits and services
Antonyms
How Supportive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Welfarist comes from welfare, which means 'well-being' or 'good living', plus the ending -ist, a common ending that names a person who supports something (as in artist or tourist). So a welfarist is someone who supports policies and actions to protect and improve people's 'well-being'.