welfare state
noun
a state in which the welfare of the people in such matters as social security, health and education, housing, and working conditions is the responsibility of the government.
welfare states
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pluralof welfare state.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In any case, he says, “in modern welfare states, the struggle for subsistence has been abolished.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Perhaps, but during the Cold War western European societies had younger populations and far more slim-line welfare states.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
In most of Western Europe that influence helped create robust welfare states, something that never quite happened in the U.S.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2024
They favored strong trade unions and welfare states with generous education and health care systems.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2021
We first develop a theorem on the influence of taxation on employment and unemployment regimes in welfare states.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus
