governmentalistn.
/ˌɡʌvnˈmɛntəlɪst/, /ˌɡʌvəˈmɛntəlɪst/, /ˌɡʌvnˈmɛntl̩ɪst/, /ˌɡʌvəˈmɛntl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˌɡəvər(n)ˈmɛn(t)ləst/ A supporter or advocate of governmentalism.
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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 > adherent of
governmentalist1831
statist1898
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [noun] > other specific policies or advocacy of > supporter of
common holder1565
abolitionist1827
governmentalist1831
destructive1832
annexationist1841
destructionist1841
annexionist1844
decompositionist1849
expansionist1862
disintegrator1865
dissolutionist1882
irredentist1882
disintegrationist1884
isolationist1899
retentionist1899
free fooder1903
laissez-fairist1932
autarkist1938
elitist1938
neo-isolationist1950
non-aligner1963
1831 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 3 Jan. Bignes, a governmentalist and publicist of great eminence, laid it down as an obvious truth, that there was no such thing as a republican tendency amongst the French people.
1894 Contemp. Rev. May 671 The chief purpose of human existence became..in the eyes of these governmentalists, to supply a State revenue out of blood and sweat.
1931 E. Goldman Living my Life II. xlvii. 645 Though they were Marxists and therefore governmentalists, I sided with them.
2008 A. Woolford & R. S. Ratner Informal Reckonings iv. 76 For governmentalists, the primary concern is to transform offenders into accountable, prosocial, and law-abiding actors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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