Definition of ETATISM

etatism

Meanings

Plural: etatisms

Noun

  • Synonym of statism, sometimes (derogatory) with specific distinctions derived from Mises's political theories.

Origin / Etymology

From état (“state”) + -ism, equivalent to a borrowing of French étatisme but coined by Ludwig von Mises's 1944 Omnipotent Government to emphasize statism's longer history in France and other Continental governments than in the Anglosphere. Doublet of statism.

Synonyms

sometimes, statism

Scrabble Score: 9

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Words With Friends Score: 10

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