What does "statism" mean?

Synonym of secularism: subservience of religious issues to political officials and expediency.

Statism

Common synonyms include: authoritarianism, big government, collectivism, communism, dirigisme, etatism.

//ˈsteɪdɪzm// noun

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Noun

1
Synonym of secularism: subservience of religious issues to political officials and expediency. derogatory, obsolete, uncountable
"Religion turned into Statisme, will soone prooue Atheisme."
2
Synonym of statecraft or statesmanship. obsolete, uncountable
"My great Cousin hauing euermore From my greene yeares accepted my aduise In points of statisme..."
3
Synonym of government or governance. archaic, uncountable
"[The Ten Commandments] have formed the basis of every system of statism adopted by the civilized communities of the earth."
4
The belief that most or all political power should be centralized in national governments. derogatory, often, uncountable
"Near-synonyms: big government, dirigisme"
5
The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments. derogatory, often, uncountable
"The joint note of Austria and Prussia... appears thus to have worked more good than moderation and good sense generally achieve over faction and petty-Statism."