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dirigiste.

Controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/dɪɹəˈʒist/US/dɪɹɪˈʒist/US
  1. Controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French dirigiste, from diriger (“to run, to direct”), from Latin dirigere (“to direct, to steer”).

noun/dɪɹəˈʒist/US/dɪɹɪˈʒist/US
  1. An advocate or practitioner of dirigisme.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French dirigiste, from diriger (“to run, to direct”), from Latin dirigere (“to direct, to steer”).

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