noun. The practice or doctrine of giving a centralized government control over economic planning and policy.

noun. The art of government; hence, in a depreciative sense, policy.

noun. The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy.

noun. The belief that the centralization of power in a state is the ideal or best way to organize humanity.

"Kennedy, like his brothers, was a believer in statism, in the goodness of large government, in the benevolent wisdom of experts and bureaucrats, in the need for Mother State to not just guard her little tax-paying chicks, but to potentially guide and shape their every step, thought, and action."

dirigist  étatisme  

`sittin'  agrarianism  amalgamations  autocracy  chromophobe  

policy  statecraft