Welfare State Definition

noun
A state in which the welfare of its citizens, with regard to employment, medical care, social security, etc., is considered to be the responsibility of the government.
Webster's New World
A nation in which such a system operates.
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Noun

Singular:
welfare state
Plural:
welfare-states

Welfare State Sentence Examples

  • Weakened through years of underfunding, the Welfare State faced the prospect of outright abolition.

  • The Beveridge Report, published in 1942, proposed the establishment of a comprehensive welfare state.

  • In the name of ' modernisation ' the neo-liberal ideologues want to take us back to a milieu that pre-dates the welfare state.

  • The worldwide problem of the welfare state is mainly due to retirement ages not being raised in line with increased longevity.

  • Yet the defense of the welfare state in the face of the new immigration has revealed an undercurrent of racism.

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