statist

noun

stat·ist | \ ˈstā-tist

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Definition of statist

: an advocate of statism

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Recent Examples on the Web According to those hard-braking statists, the average American driver slows on the brakes 19 times for every 1,000 miles driven. — oregonlive.com, "Portland drivers have one of highest crash rates in the nation, report says," 25 June 2019 Biden also offers what statists truly crave: control. — Deroy Murdock, National Review, "Waiting to Exhale: Biden’s $1.7 Trillion Anti-CO2 Tax Hike," 7 June 2019 The left’s narrative of unaccountable capitalism provides a rationale for another regulatory-state power grab, with union stakeholder friends of statists serving as their proxies. — WSJ, "Many Countries Require Workers on Boards," 18 Sep. 2018 The pedagogical divide mirrors a political one between conservative statists and liberal technocrats. — The Economist, "Reformists and traditionalists are at war over Russian schools," 26 May 2018 In each case, statists in America are more impressed by the foreign top-down designs than with the track record of free-market capitalism here at home. — Stanley F. Druckenmiller, WSJ, "Where’s the Invisible Hand When You Need It?," 2 May 2018 Mr Ulyukayev was a stalwart of the government’s technocratic bloc; Mr Sechin is a committed statist and a longtime confidant of Vladimir Putin who wields outsize influence among the siloviki (former and current members of the security services). — The Economist, "Vladimir Putin’s former economy minister claims his bribery sting was a set-up," 14 Dec. 2017

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“Statist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statist. Accessed 27 Feb. 2021.

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