etatism

/ɛˈtɑt.ɪzm/

Etymology

From état (“state”) + -ism, equivalent to a borrowing of French étatisme but coined by Ludwig von Mises's 1944 Omnipotent Government to emphasize statism's longer history in France and other Continental governments than in the Anglosphere. Doublet of statism.

etatism means synonym of statism, sometimes (derogatory) with specific distinctions derived from Mises's political theories. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

etatism is pronounced /ɛˈtɑt.ɪzm/.

noun

Synonym of statism, sometimes (derogatory) with specific distinctions derived from Mises's political theories.“Etatism is inherently oppressive and expansionist, breeding monism, intolerance, and hostility.”