big government

British  

noun

1. derogatory a form of government characterized by high taxation and public spending and centralization of political power

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Example Sentences

In 2020 American Compass defended organized labor as a means for combating big government, writing: “We prefer the private ordering of bargains between workers and management to overbearing dictates from Washington.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

“At the same level that people are concerned about big government, there’s a concern about the private sector becoming too big,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

“He was seen as a big government liberal who was a fighter for the working man. That is who he has been seen as,” Mr. Burns said.

From Washington Times • Mar. 16, 2023

While HAL and Skynet, the imperial intelligence that spawned the Terminators, were creations of big government, the robots in these movies are consumer products.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2023

Far away, in the chancelleries of Europe, and, not so far away, in the big government buildings in the West End of London, the statesmen were even then making their last effort to avert war.

From Facing the German foe, by Colonel James Fiske by Wolff, William Almon