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nanny state
noun
- a government perceived as authoritarian, interfering, or overprotective.
nanny state
noun
- a government that makes decisions for people that they might otherwise make for themselves, esp those relating to private and personal behaviour
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nanny state1
First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences
The Louisiana university has turned into a nanny state, issuing a campus smoking ban of dubious legality.
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Which means that government—good old intrusive Nanny State government— must step in even more.
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They see the FDA decision as one more imposition on their lives and choices by the omnipresent nanny state.
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But it also means that insurance companies are reliable and active supporters of nanny-state issues.
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Kremer calls Stabenow “an advocate for the big-government nanny state.”
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