welfare state
A national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central…A national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility, providing health care, education, unemployment benefits and social security.
» France is running a welfare state it can no longer afford.
Meaning
2 sensesA national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility, providing health care, education, unemployment benefits and social security.
Wohlfahrtsstaat
социа́льное госуда́рствоsociálʹnoje gosudárstvo
a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.
A country in which such a system operates.
Wohlfahrtsstaat
социа́льное госуда́рствоsociálʹnoje gosudárstvo
Examples
6 sentencesFrance is running a welfare state it can no longer afford.
Germans value a strong social welfare state.
deDie Deutschen schätzen einen starken Sozialstaat. — al_ex_an_der
Algeria's welfare state does not come cheap.
Algeria has an oil-funded welfare state.
Algeria has a welfare state.
Translations
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Origin
Compound of welfare + state.Compound of welfare + state.
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Forms
plural: welfare states| Singular | welfare state |
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