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statism

noun stat·ism \ˈstā-ˌti-zəm\

Definition of STATISM

:  concentration of economic controls and planning in the hands of a highly centralized government often extending to government ownership of industry
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First Known Use of STATISM

1919

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

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