voluntaryism
Americannoun
noun
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the principle of supporting churches, schools, and various other institutions by voluntary contributions rather than with state funds
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any system based on this principle
Other Word Forms
- voluntaryist noun
Etymology
Origin of voluntaryism
Example Sentences
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The Administration has established two rather different varieties of voluntaryism.
From Time Magazine Archive
To give voluntaryism one last chance, one oil company advertised, urging consumers not to use its product.
From Time Magazine Archive
The University of Wisconsin's Nathan Feinsinger, who serves as a special labor consultant to Governor Warren P. Knowles, has proposed the principle of "voluntaryism," a term he borrowed from George Taylor.
From Time Magazine Archive
No British Government could stamp out voluntaryism even if it wished to do so; and none has yet manifested any such desire.
From Cambridge Essays on Education by Various
It is not even pretended that the divisions of party represent corresponding divisions of sentiment on questions which occupy the public mind, such as voluntaryism, Free Trade, etc., etc.
From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by Morison, J. L. (John Lyle)
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