statism

1. (obsolete, derogatory) Synonym of secularism: subservience of religious issues to political officials and expediency.Examples: "Religion turned into Statisme, will soone prooue Atheisme."Synonyms: secularismderogatoryobsoleteuncountable

2. (obsolete) Synonym of statecraft or statesmanship.Examples: "My great Cousin hauing euermore From my greene yeares accepted my aduise In points of statisme..."Synonyms: statecraft or statesmanshipobsoleteuncountable

3. (archaic) Synonym of government or governance.Examples: "[The Ten Commandments] have formed the basis of every system of statism adopted by the civilized communities of the earth."Synonyms: government or governancearchaicuncountable

4. (political philosophy, often derogatory)Examples: "Near-synonyms: big government, dirigisme"; "Bismarck... believes in State insurance in State activities, in place of individual action. But this is not Socialism. It is Statism."; "Republican Senator Charles L. McNary concluded his Vice-Presidential campaign tonight with the charge the New Deal is ‘taking deeper and deeper refuge in paternalism and statism’."Synonyms: etatism, authoritarianism, totalitarianismderogatoryoftenuncountable

5. (political philosophy, often derogatory)Examples: "The joint note of Austria and Prussia... appears thus to have worked more good than moderation and good sense generally achieve over faction and petty-Statism."; "To him... we owe that sentiment of nationalism prevailing over statism... without which the Union would have parted."Synonyms: regionalism, federalism, provincialismderogatoryoftenuncountable

6. (political philosophy, often derogatory)Antonyms: anarchismderogatoryoftenuncountable