nanny state
a government perceived as authoritarian, interfering, or overprotective.
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How to use nanny state in a sentence
Even in a pandemic-set reunion, Ron said nothing negative about what many real people with his politics saw as a mask-mandating nanny state.
Tell them they can quit wearing the mask after the vaccine … give them a reward instead of telling them the nanny state is going to be there for three more years, and you’ve got to wear a mask forever.
House passes bills to open path to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants, legal status for farmworkers | John Wagner, Colby Itkowitz, Amy B Wang | March 19, 2021 | Washington PostThe Louisiana university has turned into a nanny state, issuing a campus smoking ban of dubious legality.
The University Of New Orleans’ Cigarette Ban Is Total BS | Chloé Valdary | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhich means that government—good old intrusive nanny state government— must step in even more.
Thank You, Croatia: All Hail Mandatory Vaccinations | Kent Sepkowitz | March 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey see the FDA decision as one more imposition on their lives and choices by the omnipresent nanny state.
U.S. Wants Freedom from ‘Filthy’ French Cheese | Alice Guilhamon, Christopher Dickey | July 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
But it also means that insurance companies are reliable and active supporters of nanny-state issues.
Kremer calls Stabenow “an advocate for the big-government nanny state.”
British Dictionary definitions for nanny state
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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