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welfare statism

American  

noun

  1. the belief in or practices of a welfare state.

  2. the condition of being a welfare state.


Etymology

Origin of welfare statism

First recorded in 1950–55; welfare state + -ism

Example Sentences

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Eisenhower believes that his team stopped the drift toward more welfare statism, and that it achieved this without dividing the nation and disrupting the economy.

From Time Magazine Archive

For more than half a century, under various parties, insular New Zealand, with its butter and mutton economy, has been an experimental laboratory for welfare statism.

From Time Magazine Archive