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dirigiste1 (diːriːˈʒiːst) 

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adjective

  1. (economics) advocating or exemplifying control by the state of economic and social matters

dirigiste2 (diːriːˈʒiːst) 

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noun

  1. (economics) an advocate or exponent of control by the state of economic and social matters

dirigisme (diːriːˈʒiːzəm Pronunciation for dirigisme ) 

Definitions

noun

  1. control by the state of economic and social matters

Derived Forms

dirigˈiste adjective

Word Origin

C20: from French

Example Sentences Including 'dirigiste'

It staged a smash and grab raid on the standard national syllabus of the dirigiste Tory, Kenneth Baker.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Let us hope he can persuade his dirigiste , centralising, self-important Government to think the same way.
Times, Sunday Times (2001)
The contrast with the bankrupt and dirigiste statism of the Labour left's old `Alternative Economic Strategy" is striking.
Hirst, Paul After Thatcher
The state apparatus created in the 1960s to modernize the province's economy remains stubbornly dirigiste.
Globe and Mail (2003)

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