welfarist
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All the three chief ministers who lost were known as welfarist leaders.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
"These welfarist interventions give a window into the kind soul of the president, a man some people have not bothered to discern, dissect and decipher," presidential spokesman Femi Adesina wrote last week.
From BBC ● May 20, 2023
As in other realms, the welfarist paradigm controls the dialogue about animals.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2017
By contrast, “a welfarist position doesn’t mind zoos or pet-keeping,” he added.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2011
Animal rights advocates, and even many animal welfarists, decry the keeping of animals in zoos, especially the unregulated, private ones like Thompson’s.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2012
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