welfare state

Word family nounwelfarismwelfaristwelfare statewelfareadjectivewelfaristic

Related topics: Government

ˌwelfare ˈstate / $ ˈ.../ noun

1. the welfare state PEWa system in which the government provides money, free medical care etc for people who are unemployed, ill, or too old to work 福利制度 → social security

2. [countableC]PG a country with such a system 福利国家

Examples from the Corpus

welfare state• At the local level it was expressed by a shared set of values and policies, operating within a welfare state consensus.• For the past 150 years socialism and the social welfare state have provided this source of new ideas.• Because the welfare state is not neutral with respect to gender equality, it also takes sides on the question of language.• The liberal politicians sigh with relief and continue their efforts to enlarge the welfare state.• Its focus is the relevance of political and social ideas to public choices in the welfare state and social policy more generally.• The welfare state and the managed economy did not suddenly emerge full-blown in this period.• A sense of solidarity creates a readiness to share with strangers, which in turn underpins a thriving welfare state.

From Longman Business Dictionary

welfare stateˌwelfare ˈstate [singular]

a system by which a government provides help, money, care etc to people who are poor, unemployed, ill etc

Britain’s National Health Service is a major feature of its welfare state.

→ state

单词	welfare state
释义	welfare state Word family nounwelfarismwelfaristwelfare statewelfareadjectivewelfaristic Related topics: Government ˌwelfare ˈstate / $ ˈ.../ noun 1. the welfare state PEWa system in which the government provides money, free medical care etc for people who are unemployed, ill, or too old to work 福利制度 → social security 2. [countableC]PG a country with such a system 福利国家 Examples from the Corpus welfare state• At the local level it was expressed by a shared set of values and policies, operating within a welfare state consensus.• For the past 150 years socialism and the social welfare state have provided this source of new ideas.• Because the welfare state is not neutral with respect to gender equality, it also takes sides on the question of language.• The liberal politicians sigh with relief and continue their efforts to enlarge the welfare state.• Its focus is the relevance of political and social ideas to public choices in the welfare state and social policy more generally.• The welfare state and the managed economy did not suddenly emerge full-blown in this period.• A sense of solidarity creates a readiness to share with strangers, which in turn underpins a thriving welfare state. From Longman Business Dictionary welfare stateˌwelfare ˈstate [singular] a system by which a government provides help, money, care etc to people who are poor, unemployed, ill etc Britain’s National Health Service is a major feature of its welfare state. → state
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