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

Noun

a system in which the government undertakes responsibility for the wellbeing of its population, through unemployment insurance, old age pensions, and other social-security measures

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 → estado del bienestar

welfare state welfare n → État-providence m

welfare state welfare n → Wohlfahrtsstaat m

welfare state n → stato sociale