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Statism - 3 dictionary results

stat⋅ism

[stey-tiz-uhm]
–noun
1. the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
2. support of or belief in the sovereignty of a state, usually a republic.

Origin:
1600–10; state + -ism
stat·ism   (stā'tĭz'əm)   
n.  The practice or doctrine of giving a centralized government control over economic planning and policy.
stat'ist adj. & n.

Statism

Sta"tism\, n. [From State.] The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy. [Obs.]

The enemies of God . . . call our religion statism. --South.
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