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welfare state en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Compound of welfare + state.

Meanings

1. A national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility, providing health care, education, unemployment benefits and social security.
   • Wagenknecht […] argues further that a policy of high migration enforces a minimal welfare state that is ‘cheaper for the upper and upper middle classes in comparison to a real welfare state, but it is not an attractive project for the middle and lower middle groups. Thus, if one wants to remove support for social provisions, this is exactly the way to do it’. 2024 August 18, Jörg Michael Dostal, “Left Conservatism: Sahra Wagenknecht's Challenge to the German Party System”, in The Political Quarterly, volume 95, number 4, →DOI, page 641 of 634–644:
   • In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […] 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
2. A country in which such a system operates.

Forms

Deriveds

welfare statism · welfare stater

Translations (73)

fa دولت رفاه (country in which such a system operates) · bn কল্যাণ রাষ্ট্র (country in which such a system operates) · fi hyvinvointivaltio (country in which such a system operates) · vi nhà nước phúc lợi (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · id negara kesejahteraan (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · cs sociální stát (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · bn কল্যাণ রাষ্ট্র (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · ms negara kebajikan (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · az sosial dövlət (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · es estado benefactor (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · pt estado assistencial (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · it Stato sociale (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · ru социа́льное госуда́рство (country in which such a system operates) · af welvaartstaat (country in which such a system operates) · cy gwladwriaeth les (country in which such a system operates) · ja 福祉国家 (country in which such a system operates) · es estado benefactor (country in which such a system operates) · de Wohlfahrtsstaat (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · id negara kesejahteraan (country in which such a system operates) · ko 복지국가 (country in which such a system operates) · el κράτος πρόνοιας (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · mk соција́лна др́жава (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · nl welvaartsstaat (country in which such a system operates) · ml ക്ഷേമരാഷ്ട്രം (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · es estado del bienestar (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · de Wohlfahrtsstaat (country in which such a system operates) · ko 복지국가 (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · it Stato assistenziale (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · mi whenua tokoora (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · hu jóléti állam (country in which such a system operates) · cmn 福利國家 /福利国家 (country in which such a system operates) · ml ക്ഷേമരാഷ്ട്രം (country in which such a system operates) · fa دولت رفاه (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · pt estado de bem-estar (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · pl państwo opiekuńcze (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · pt estado assistencial (country in which such a system operates) · ru социа́льное госуда́рство (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · nl welvaartsstaat (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · nb velferdsstat (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · mk соција́лна др́жава (country in which such a system operates) · pt estado de bem-estar social (country in which such a system operates) · fr État-providence (country in which such a system operates) · ms negara kebajikan (country in which such a system operates) · es estado del bienestar (country in which such a system operates) · az rifah dövləti (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · cmn 福利國家 /福利国家 (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · ja 福祉国家 (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · nl verzorgingsstaat (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · da velfærdsstat (country in which such a system operates) · sv folkhem (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · fi hyvinvointivaltio (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · es estado de bienestar (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · fy fersoargingssteat (country in which such a system operates) · az rifah dövləti (country in which such a system operates) · sv välfärdsstat (country in which such a system operates) · ca estat del benestar (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · cy gwladwriaeth les (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · nn velferdsstat (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · da velfærdsstat (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · nl verzorgingsstaat (country in which such a system operates) · az sosial rifah dövləti (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · sv välfärdsstat (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · da velfærdssamfund (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · hu jóléti állam (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · pl państwo opiekuńcze (country in which such a system operates) · fr État-providence (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · vi nhà nước phúc lợi (country in which such a system operates) · af welvaartstaat (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · pt estado de bem-estar (country in which such a system operates) · pt estado de bem-estar social (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · cs sociální stát (country in which such a system operates) · fy fersoargingssteat (national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility) · no velferdsstat (country in which such a system operates)