statism

English

WOTD – 20 January 2006

Etymology

From state +‎ -ism

Noun

statism (countable and uncountable, plural statisms)

The belief that the centralization of power in a state (sovereign polity) is the ideal or best way to organize humanity.

Related terms

Translations

belief in the importance of the power of the state over an individual

Finnish: valtiojohtoisuus, etatismi, statismi (fi)
French: étatisme (fr) m
German: Etatismus (de) m
Italian: statalismo (it)

Romanian: statalism n
Slovene: etatizem m
Spanish: estatalismo m

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