dirigistes

English

Noun

dirigistes

1. plural of dirigiste
   • 1998, James M. Buchanan, “Politics by Principle, Not Interest: Toward Nondiscriminatory Democracy”, in The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, volume 11, page 208:

     But we have not, at least by 1997, observed any postrevolutionary reduction in the zeal of the dirigistes, who seem, genuinely, to consider themselves both epistemologically and morally superior to their fellow citizens.

   • 25 January 2020, The Economist, "Their way or Huawei" p. 44, 1st sentence in second column

     Since the Chinese state props up its firms, dirigistes argue that the EU should help European 5G kitmakers like Nokia and Ericsson.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.ʁi.ʒist/
• Homophone: dirigiste

Adjective

dirigistes

1. plural of dirigiste

Portuguese

Verb

dirigistes

1. second-person plural preterite indicative of dirigir