statist
UK/ˈsteɪtɪst/
statist noun: a supporter of statism.
Noun
statist (plural statists)
- A supporter of statism.
- A statistician.
- A skilled politician or one with political power, knowledge or influence.
- [O]ur Tympanouſe ſtatiſts / (In their affected grauitie of voice, / Sovverneſſe of countenance, maners crueltie, / Authoritie, vvealth, and all the ſpavvne of Fortune) / Thinke they beare all the kingdomes vvorth before them; […]1603–1604 (date written), [George Chapman], Bussy D’Ambois: A Tragedie: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for William Aspley, published 1607, →OCLC, Act I, page 1
- Statists and Politicians, unto whom Ragione di Stato is the first Considerable, as though it were their business to deceive the people, as a Maxim, do hold, that truth is to be concealed from them […].1650, Thomas Browne, chapter I, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 3
Adjective
statist (comparative more statist, superlative most statist)
- Pertaining to statism.
- It was as if the Samizdat spirit, extended and intensified by the proliferation of do-it-yourself media, had rendered the centralised, statist tyrannies of the Soviet Union untenable.2006 January, David Garcia, “Learning the Right Lessons”, in Mute, →ISSN
- By the early 1950s, however, the rising expectations for economic growth in the developing world were being dashed by the failure of foreign investment to materialize and by the declining terms of trade in these same raw materials, increasing the appeal of statist solutions.2008, Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns, page 26
statist meaning in Tamil
statist in Tamil
- புள்ளிவிவரத் தொகுப்பர், அரசியற்கலையறிஞர்
Forms of statist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | statists |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more statist |
| superlative | most statist |
Origin of statist
From state + -ist.
Words formed from statist
Words that rhyme with statist
Questions about statist
- What does statist mean?
- Statist means a supporter of statism.
- What is statist in Tamil?
- Statist in Tamil is புள்ளிவிவரத் தொகுப்பர், அரசியற்கலையறிஞர். See Statist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is statist?
- Statist can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce statist?
- Statist is pronounced /ˈsteɪtɪst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of statist?
- The plural of statist is statists.
Words near statist in the dictionary
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