dirigiste
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/dɪɹəˈʒist/(US)
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/dɪɹəˈʒist/(US) · /dɪɹɪˈʒist/(US)
Definition of dirigiste
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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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.”
“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.”
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adj
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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.”
“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.”
noun
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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.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from French dirigiste, from diriger (“to run, to direct”), from Latin dirigere (“to direct, to steer”).
Words you can make from dirigiste
163 playable · top: DIGITISE (10 pts)
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3 words7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
16 words5-letter words
36 words- DIGIT 7 pts
- DIRGE 7 pts
- DREGS 7 pts
- GIRDS 7 pts
- GRIDE 7 pts
- GRIDS 7 pts
- RIDGE 7 pts
- RIGID 7 pts
- DEIST 6 pts
- DIETS 6 pts
- DIRTS 6 pts
- DITES 6 pts
- DREST 6 pts
- DRIES 6 pts
- EDITS 6 pts
- GIRTS 6 pts
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- IRIDS 6 pts
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- SIRED 6 pts
- SITED 6 pts
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- TEIID 6 pts
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- TIGER 6 pts
- TIRED 6 pts
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- TRIGS 6 pts
- RESIT 5 pts
- RITES 5 pts
- TIERS 5 pts
- TIRES 5 pts
- TRIES 5 pts
4-letter words
54 words- DIGS 6 pts
- DREG 6 pts
- GEDS 6 pts
- GIDS 6 pts
- GIED 6 pts
- GIRD 6 pts
- GRID 6 pts
- DESI 5 pts
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- DIET 5 pts
- DIRE 5 pts
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- DITE 5 pts
- DITS 5 pts
- EDIT 5 pts
- EGIS 5 pts
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- GEST 5 pts
- GETS 5 pts
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3-letter words
37 words- DIG 5 pts
- GED 5 pts
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- DIS 4 pts
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- EDS 4 pts
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- IRE 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
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- SET 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
2-letter words
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