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

Frank Capra, the multiple Academy Award winner whose everyman heroes symbolized the American spirit triumphing over mercenary or venal big business and big government, died Tuesday at his desert retirement home.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

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

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis cancelled a big government engagement planned for the weekend as the crisis escalated.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2023

“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

For a year I've had all the evidence of that big government timber steal of his in a safety-deposit vault.

From Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also the Villain) by Raine, William MacLeod