Statism

[Sarah]

The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy. [Obs.]The enemies of God . . . call our religion statism. South.

[Sarah]

The belief in the necessity of an external coercive institutional authority. Statists may believe that the practical value of a state outweighs the moral discrepencies associated with statism, and therefore many believe that although the state may be an immoral institution it is a practical and necessary one. As to what responsibilities the state should have is a topic often times debated amongst proponents of statism.

[Dave Paprocki]

A political system in which the state has substantial centralized control over social and economic affairs.

[Kit]

the principle that the government should own or control most of a countrys industry and economy: