statism

== English == === Etymology === From stat(e) +‎ -ism. Doublet of etatism. First attested in c. 1600. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsteɪdɪzm/, /ˈsteɪdɪzəm/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsteɪtɪzm/, /ˈsteɪtɪzəm/ === Noun === statism (uncountable) (obsolete, derogatory) Synonym of secularism: subservience of religious issues to political officials and expediency. (obsolete) Synonym of statecraft or statesmanship. (archaic) Synonym of government or governance. (political philosophy, often derogatory) The belief that most or all political power should be centralized in national governments. Synonyms: etatism, authoritarianism, totalitarianism Hypernym: paternalism Coordinate term: statolatry Near-synonyms: big government, dirigisme 1940 November 5, The Sun, Baltimore, p. 5: Republican Senator Charles L. McNary concluded his Vice-Presidential campaign tonight with the charge the New Deal is ‘taking deeper and deeper refuge in paternalism and statism’. The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments. Synonyms: regionalism, federalism, provincialism 1854 July 1, The Times, London, p. 9: The joint note of Austria and Prussia... appears thus to have worked more good than moderation and good sense generally achieve over faction and petty-Statism. (chiefly libertarianism and anarchism) The belief that the state is a legitimate social institution. [1912] Antonym: anarchism ==== Hyponyms ==== (belief in strong central government): authoritarianism, totalitarianism, fascism ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “statism, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French statisme. === Noun === statism n (uncountable) stasis (state of motionlessness) ==== Declension ====