governmentalismn.
/ˌɡʌvnˈmɛntəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɡʌvəˈmɛntəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɡʌvnˈmɛntl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɡʌvəˈmɛntl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌɡəvər(n)ˈmɛn(t)lˌɪz(ə)m/ Support for the role of government in society; spec. a theory or system according to which the government controls, or plays an active role in, most spheres of activity. Also: the tendency for the sphere of government activity to expand over time.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > pervasive government or state control
governmentalism1841
étatisme1923
dirigisme1951
1841 R. M. Walsh tr. L. de Loménie Sketches Conspicuous Living Characters France 323 They detach from the discourses of the peer of the Restoration the most salient passages of liberalism, from those of the minister of July the most salient passages of governmentalism [Fr. gouvernementalisme].
1848 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 15 319 They have the fixed idea of Governmentalism... They wish that the Government, so that it be democratic, should dare all, do all, hold all.
1959 R. LeFevre Nature of Man & his Govt. v. 33 In our own case, a new departure in governmentalism has arisen to plague every American.
2000 Guardian 27 Jan. i. 20/4 Governmentalism has seized the Labour mind in a grip which another thousand days will make even tighter—unless the party and the country wake up to it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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