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welfarist, n. (a.)|ˈwɛlfɛərɪst|
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
1. One who is concerned with welfare, esp. that of animals. Also attrib. or as adj.
1941I. Brown in Manch. Guardian Weekly 14 Mar. 214/3 There is in this country an enormous and semi⁓official bureaucracy which deals in social welfare and all manner of educational and uplifting matters. It is rapidly developing a jargon of its own... The Uplifters and Welfarists are assaulting us with the Scorpions of their Jargantuan. 1979Country Life 15 Feb. 428/1 How does one define ‘Animal Welfare’?.. To some the term ‘welfarist’ is almost one of contempt. 1980Times 13 Feb. 3 The union has failed on our behalf to respond to the lies and unfair allegations of the welfarists. 1980Observer (Colour Suppl.) 16 Mar. 41/3 The animal welfare movement—or the ‘welfarist’ movement as it is now widely called. 1983Sci. Amer. Aug. 5/2 The pork producer of today generally is an animal protectionist and an animal welfarist in the best practical sense.
2. orig. U.S. One who supports the principles or policies associated with a welfare state. Also attrib. or as adj. Cf. welfare-statist.
1968New Yorker 12 Oct. 201 The welfare state..is not incompatible with the police state. George Wallace is a welfarist, and so is Mayor Daley. 1977Daily Tel. 30 June 16 Questions arise which, in recent years, have been rendered almost taboo by the near-universal acceptance of facile welfarist orthodoxy. 1985Daily Tel. 6 May 14/1 It has often been said..that he is the prisoner of a Californian perspective which scorns the moribund welfarist states of Western Europe for the growth and dynamism of the Pacific basin area. |