welfare statism
AmericanEtymology
Origin of welfare statism
First recorded in 1950–55; welfare state + -ism
Example Sentences
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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
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
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