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dirigiste en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dɪɹɪˈʒist/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /dɪɹəˈʒist/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from French dirigiste, from diriger (“to run, to direct”), from Latin dirigere (“to direct, to steer”).

Meanings

  1. Controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy.
    • The repeated crises in dirigiste systems are in essence crises of information since the abolition of the market leaves the central planner bereft of that economic knowledge which is required for harmony. 1982, Norman Barry, “The Tradition of Spontaneous Order”, in Literature of Liberty, volume 5, number 2, page 10:
    • Certainly, popular demands and the force of circumstances have already pushed the Biden administration towards a dirigiste programme of government-led recovery that has no real precedent since the 1960s. 2022, Jeremy Gilbert, Alex Williams, “Strange Times”, in Hegemony Now, London: Verso, →ISBN, part III:

Forms

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dirigist alternative lexicographic
most dirigiste Degree=Sup lexicographic
more dirigiste Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Relateds

statist

Translations (6)

cs dirigistický (controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy) · it dirigistico (controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy) · sv dirigistisk (controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy) · es dirigista (controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy) · de dirigistisch (controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy) · ca dirigista (controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy)

dirigiste en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dɪɹɪˈʒist/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /dɪɹəˈʒist/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from French dirigiste, from diriger (“to run, to direct”), from Latin dirigere (“to direct, to steer”).

Meanings

  1. An advocate or practitioner of dirigisme.
    • Warren wants to centralize economic decisions, creating a Department of Economic Development — a top-down council of government dirigistes. 2019 July 1, David Brooks, “Moderates Have the Better Story”, in The New York Times:

Forms

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dirigistes Number=Plur lexicographic
dirigist alternative lexicographic

Relateds

dirigisme

Translations (2)

cs dirigista (advocate of dirigisme) · ca dirigista (advocate of dirigisme)