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statism|ˈsteɪtɪz(ə)m|
[f. state n. + -ism.]
†1. Subservience to political expediency in religious matters. Obs. rare.
1609[W. Barlow] Answ. Nameless Cath. 370 Religion turned into Statisme, will soone prooue Atheisme. 1626R. Bernard Isle of Man ii. (1627) 137 The Billes of Inditement framed by those false Informers beforementioned,..Machiauilian Statisme [etc.]..against Christian Conference.., and the rest. c1660South Serm. (1715) 150 Hence it is, that the Enemies of God take Occasion to blaspheme, and call our Religion Statism.
†2. ? Political science, statecraft. Obs. rare.
1620E. Blount Horæ Subsec. 40 Such as professe to read Theorie of Statisme.
3. a. Government of a country by the state, as opposed to anarchy. rare.
1880Echo 2 Jan. 4/1 The Nihilists do not believe in Communism, which is as bad as Statism, and equally deserving of suppression.
b. = étatisme.
1919Sociol. Rev. XI. 62 Traditional phrases such as ‘The Appeal to Democracy’, ‘Freedom for Little Nations’, etc.,..have been used so often, with so poor a result during the past century, in which all the time ‘individualism’ and ‘statism’ have been struggling together for supremacy and power under their cover. 1940Sun (Baltimore) 5 Nov. 5/7 Republican Senator Charles L. McNary concluded his Vice-Presidential campaign tonight with the charge the New Deal is ‘taking deeper and deeper refuge in paternalism and statism’. 1945A. Huxley Let. 8 Aug. (1969) 531 Men and women..brought up under Statism..have been taught to believe that the State is more important than the individual. 1962Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Nov. 919/1 Anarchic egocentricity thus tugs against a Mum-providing statism. This has caused schizophrenia in British Labour. 1970Daily Tel. 1 Dec. 9/4 In South America today..various forms of Marxist-inspired Statism are establishing themselves. 1979Time 2 Apr. 52/2 The shortfall itself is rooted in policies that have led to too much statism and not enough private initiative. |