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Is statism a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word statism is a Scrabble US word. The word statism is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is statism a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word statism is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

STATISM,

6-letter words (2 found)

MAISTS,STATIM,

5-letter words (17 found)

AMISS,MAIST,MASTS,MATTS,MISSA,MISTS,MITTS,SAIMS,SAIST,SATIS,SIMAS,SISTA,SMITS,STATS,STIMS,TAITS,TAMIS,

4-letter words (29 found)

AIMS,AITS,AMIS,ISMS,ITAS,MASS,MAST,MATS,MATT,MISS,MIST,MITT,SAIM,SAIS,SAMS,SATI,SIMA,SIMS,SIST,SITS,SMIT,STAT,STIM,TAIS,TAIT,TAMS,TASS,TATS,TITS,

3-letter words (26 found)

AIM,AIS,AIT,AMI,ASS,ATS,ATT,ISM,ITA,ITS,MAS,MAT,MIS,SAI,SAM,SAT,SIM,SIS,SIT,SMA,TAI,TAM,TAS,TAT,TIS,TIT,

2-letter words (12 found)

AI,AM,AS,AT,IS,IT,MA,MI,SI,ST,TA,TI,

You can make 87 words from statism according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of statism

statism

Etymology

From state +‎ -ism. Doublet of etatism.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsteɪdɪzm/, /ˈsteɪdɪzəm/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsteɪtɪzm/, /ˈsteɪtɪzəm/

Noun

statism (countable and uncountable, plural statisms)

  1. (often derogatory) The belief that most or all political power should be centralized in national governments.
    Synonyms: etatism, big government, dirigisme, paternalism
    • 1940 November 5, The Sun, Baltimore, p. 5:
      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’.
  2. (often derogatory, uncommon) The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments.
    Synonyms: regionalism, federalism, provincialism
    • 1854 July 1, The Times, London, p. 9:
      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.
  3. (rare, obsolete) Synonym of statecraft or statesmanship.
  4. (derogatory, obsolete) Synonym of secularism: subservience of religious issues to political officials and expediency.
  5. (obsolete) Synonym of government or governance.

Hyponyms

  • (belief in strong central government): authoritarianism, totalitarianism, fascism

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References

  • “statism, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French statisme.

Noun

statism n (uncountable)

  1. stasis (state of motionlessness)

Declension


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