statism

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Synonym of secularism

   Synonym of secularism: subservience of religious issues to political officials and expediency.

   • Religion turned into Statisme, will soone prooue Atheisme.
2. 2

   Synonym of statecraft or statesmanship.

   • My great Cousin hauing euermore From my greene yeares accepted my aduise In points of statisme...
3. 3

   Synonym of government or governance.

   • [The Ten Commandments] have formed the basis of every system of statism adopted by the civilized communities of the earth.
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   1. 4

      The belief that most or all political power should be centralized in national governments.

      • Near-synonyms: big government, dirigisme
      • Bismarck... believes in State insurance in State activities, in place of individual action. But this is not Socialism. It is Statism.
      • 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’.
   2. 5

      The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial…

      The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments.

      • 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.
      • To him... we owe that sentiment of nationalism prevailing over statism... without which the Union would have parted.
   3. 6

      The belief that the state is a legitimate social institution.

The neighborhood

• neighborstatocracy
• neighborauthoritarianismbelief in strong central government
• neighbortotalitarianismbelief in strong central government
• neighborfascismbelief in strong central government