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Definition of nanny state in English: nanny statenoun British The government regarded as overprotective or as interfering unduly with personal choice. Example sentencesExamples - You've been dumbed down by the nanny state.
- There's no denying it, we live in a nanny state.
- However, critics of the scheme say the moves smack of the nanny state.
- This is no reason to simply shriek "nanny state!"
- This isn't about the nanny state or big brother.
- The Prime Minister says he doesn't want to oversee a nanny state.
- The U.S. should never become a "nanny state."
- The free country has become the " nanny state ".
- I'm tempted to say what we've got is a ninny state, not a nanny state.
- I too am not in favour of the nanny state.
- In short we need precisely what Mrs Thatcher derided - the nanny state.
- I do not believe in a nanny state where your every move is regulated under the pretext of "protecting" you.
- We are actually proud to be a nanny state, despite the freedom we extol.
- I am now awaiting the cries of "nanny state!"
- The 28-year-old sales assistant said she thought that introducing a law would be like creating a nanny state.
- That would be the over-zealous interference of the nanny state.
- The government seems to think the answer is to make us all the charges of the nanny state.
- At the same time, the right wing critique of the nanny state rings true with much of the public.
- We live in a nanny state, it's about time we learnt to help ourselves.
Definition of nanny state in US English: nanny statenoun British The government regarded as overprotective or as interfering unduly with personal choice. Example sentencesExamples - The government seems to think the answer is to make us all the charges of the nanny state.
- We live in a nanny state, it's about time we learnt to help ourselves.
- You've been dumbed down by the nanny state.
- I too am not in favour of the nanny state.
- I am now awaiting the cries of "nanny state!"
- The free country has become the " nanny state ".
- However, critics of the scheme say the moves smack of the nanny state.
- This is no reason to simply shriek "nanny state!"
- There's no denying it, we live in a nanny state.
- That would be the over-zealous interference of the nanny state.
- This isn't about the nanny state or big brother.
- In short we need precisely what Mrs Thatcher derided - the nanny state.
- The U.S. should never become a "nanny state."
- We are actually proud to be a nanny state, despite the freedom we extol.
- I do not believe in a nanny state where your every move is regulated under the pretext of "protecting" you.
- The 28-year-old sales assistant said she thought that introducing a law would be like creating a nanny state.
- At the same time, the right wing critique of the nanny state rings true with much of the public.
- I'm tempted to say what we've got is a ninny state, not a nanny state.
- The Prime Minister says he doesn't want to oversee a nanny state.
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