statist
Favors centralized power
A statist advocates for significant government control over economic and social affairs.
The term is typically used critically by those favoring free markets or limited government: Statist policies have stifled innovation.
As an adjective, statist describes systems or ideologies that concentrate power in the state: a statist approach to healthcare.
Group primacy doctrine
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
totalitarianism · centralism · interventionism · paternalism · dirigisme · Leninism · Stalinism · Maoism
Authority over a state
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
executive · judiciary · federal · constitutional · republic · democracy · policy · legislation
Supreme independent authority
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- controlAuthority to direct
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- regimeSystem of governance
autocracy · tyranny · despotism · dictatorship · hegemony · supremacy · oligarchy · absolutism
Administrative written tasks
- officialdomCollective administrative authorities
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
protocols · documentation · formalities · administrative · clerical · functionary · mandarin · registrar
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- auditFormal accounts examination
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
standards · controls · restrictions · sanctions · penalties · licensing · permits · quotas
collectivism
Group primacy doctrine
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
authoritarianism · totalitarianism · centralism · interventionism · paternalism · dirigisme · Leninism · Stalinism · Maoism · nationalization
government
Authority over a state
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
parliament · executive · judiciary · federal · constitutional · republic · democracy · policy · legislation · regulation
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
regime · autocracy · tyranny · despotism · dictatorship · hegemony · supremacy · oligarchy · absolutism · monopoly
paperwork
Administrative written tasks
- officialdomCollective administrative authorities
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- complianceAdhering to requirements
procedures · protocols · documentation · formalities · administrative · clerical · functionary · mandarin · registrar · secretariat
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- auditFormal accounts examination
monitoring · standards · controls · restrictions · sanctions · penalties · licensing · permits · quotas · tariffs
- politicalconservative, liberal, moderate, centrist, leftist
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
statistlibertarian
Anti-statist political adherent
anarchist · free-marketeer · classical liberal · laissez-faire · voluntaryist
statistanarcho-capitalist
Stateless free-market advocate
sovereign citizen · localist · federalist · individualist · voluntaryist
- gas stationRetail fuel vendor
- fire stationEmergency responder base
- police stationLaw enforcement facility
- train stationPassenger boarding facility for locomotives
- radio stationFacility transmitting audio programming
- bus stationTransit departure point
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