governmentalism

American  

[guhv-ern-men-tl-iz-uhm, -er-men-] / ˌgʌv ərnˈmɛn tlˌɪz əm, -ərˈmɛn- /

noun

1. the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.

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Other Word Forms

• governmentalist noun

Etymology

Origin of governmentalism

First recorded in 1840–50; governmental ( def. ) + -ism

Example Sentences

When we look this high conception of the nation squarely in the eye, much of the talk about governmentalism seems at once irrelevant.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)

There is also another kind of reason for being undismayed at the threat of governmentalism.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)

Mr. Flower thinks that nationalism would mean governmentalism and paternalism—in the historic sense of those terms—raised to the highest degree; and that these are both bad things.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 by Various