etatism
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- etatist adjective
Etymology
Origin of etatism
1920–25; < French étatisme, equivalent to état state ( Old French estat < Latin status status ) + -isme -ism
Example Sentences
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Though Roosevelt was a Whig, an individualist, and a man who hated over- centralisation, abhorred administrative tyranny, and loathed Etatism, he never failed to pay due homage to the nation personified.
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