dirigiste

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French dirigiste, from diriger (to run, to direct), from Latin dirigere, present active infinitive of dīrigō (I direct, I steer).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /dɪɹəˈʒist/, /dɪɹɪˈʒist/
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Adjective

dirigiste (comparative more dirigiste, superlative most dirigiste)

  1. Controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy.
    • 1982, Norman Barry, “The Tradition of Spontaneous Order”, in Literature of Liberty, volume 5, number 2, page 10:
      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.
    • 2022, Jeremy Gilbert, Alex Williams, “Strange Times”, in Hegemony Now, London: Verso, →ISBN, part III:
      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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Noun

dirigiste (plural dirigistes)

  1. An advocate or practitioner of dirigisme.
    • 2019 July 1, David Brooks, “Moderates Have the Better Story”, in The New York Times:
      Warren wants to centralize economic decisions, creating a Department of Economic Development — a top-down council of government dirigistes.

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French

Etymology

From diriger +‎ -iste.

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Adjective

dirigiste (plural dirigistes)

  1. (relational) of dirigisme; dirigiste

Noun

dirigiste m or f by sense (plural dirigistes)

  1. dirigiste (advocate of dirigisme)

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Italian

Adjective

dirigiste

  1. feminine plural of dirigista

Noun

dirigiste f

  1. plural of dirigista

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Portuguese

Verb

dirigiste

  1. second-person singular preterite indicative of dirigir

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diɾiˈxiste/
  • Rhymes: -iste
  • Syllabification: di‧ri‧gis‧te

Verb

dirigiste

  1. second-person singular preterite indicative of dirigir