welfare state (redirected from Nordic welfare state)

welfare state

n.

1. A social system whereby the state assumes primary responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, as in matters of health care, education, employment, and social security.

2. A nation in which such a system operates.

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welfare state

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a system in which the government undertakes the chief responsibility for providing for the social and economic security of its population, usually through unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, and other social-security measures

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a social system characterized by such policies

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

welfare state - 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. state - the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax"

Translations

welfare state n the welfare state → lo stato sociale