dirigisme
noun/ˈdɪrɪʒɪzəm/
/ˈdɪrɪʒɪzəm/
[uncountable] (specialist)- control of society and of the economy by the stateWord Origin1950s: from French, from the verb diriger, from Latin dirigere ‘to direct’.
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