statist

CEFRB2

/ˈsteɪtɪst/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who supports strong government control.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A skilled politician or one with political power, knowledge or influence.

Examples

  • Statist means relating to a system where the state has control.

  • The economist criticized the statist policies of the government.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A statistician.

  2. A supporter of statism.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Pertaining to statism.

More examples

In context

  • The group criticized the leader's very statist economic plan.

  • Statists and Politicians, unto whom Ragione di Stato is the first Considerable, as though it were their business to deceive the people, as a Maxim, do hold, that truth is to be concealed from them […].

  • [O]ur Tympanouſe ſtatiſts / (In their affected grauitie of voice, / Sovverneſſe of countenance, maners crueltie, / Authoritie, vvealth, and all the ſpavvne of Fortune) / Thinke they beare all the kingdomes vvorth before them; […]

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Origin

noun

From state + -ist.