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stat⋅ism

  [stey-tiz-uhm]
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–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
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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