Meaning & use
Statist
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A person who advocates for a strong, centralized role of the state in economic and social affairs.
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The debate pitted free-market libertarians against committed statists.
Critics accused the policy of reflecting statist assumptions about government control.
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Also used as an adjective, as in 'statist economic policy,' to describe systems favoring heavy government control.
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