What does "statism" mean?
Synonym of secularism: subservience of religious issues to political officials and expediency.
Statism
/ˈsteɪdɪzm/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Synonym of secularism: subservience of religious issues to political officials and expediency.
- Grammar: statism is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: collectivism, communism, fascism, federalism.
- Useful contrasts: anarchic, anarchism, anarchist philosophy.
- Usage evidence: Religion turned into Statisme, will soone prooue Atheisme.
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Definitions
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."
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- 6 The belief that the state is a legitimate societal organization. derogatory, often, uncountable
Antonyms
Example
"Religion turned into Statisme, will soone prooue Atheisme."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "statism"?
Common synonyms include: collectivism, communism, fascism, federalism, feudalism, imperialism.
How do you use "statism" in a sentence?
Religion turned into Statisme, will soone prooue Atheisme.
How do you pronounce "statism"?
Pronounced /ˈsteɪdɪzm/.
Etymology
From stat(e) + -ism. Doublet of etatism. First attested in c. 1600.