Definitions

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  • noun The set of policies, practices, and social attitudes associated with a welfare state.

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  • noun rare, derisive The belief in or support of the welfare state.

Etymologies

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welfare +‎ -ism

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Examples

  • I think our welfarism is a disaster for one thing.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • In direct response to the wretched reformism and opportunism of bureaucratic "welfarism," a new movement emerged to reconstruct nonhuman animal advocacy unequivocally as a struggle for animal rights, not "welfare"; for the total abolition of nonhuman animal slavery rather than its regulation; and for veganism, not "humane" animal-derived products of any kind.

    Manifesto for Radical Abolitionism: Total Liberation By Any Means Necessary 2009

  • While Francione advanced a forceful critique of "welfarism" and took animal rights philosophy to a new level, he has nonetheless proved to be bereft of political vision and incapable of forging a genuine resistance movement that can evolve beyond the marginalized position currently embraced by less than one percent of the human population.

    Manifesto for Radical Abolitionism: Total Liberation By Any Means Necessary 2009

  • These policies, Francione argues, are incoherent and dilute the meaning of rights; "welfarism" in any form, he insists, works to the benefit of industries and thus increases, rather than decreases, the demand for animal-derived products; it only aggravates, rather than alleviates, speciesism and the plight of nonhuman animals in horrific systems of exploitation.

    Manifesto for Radical Abolitionism: Total Liberation By Any Means Necessary 2009

  • That's to say that for some people, thinking about 'welfarism' – let's qualify it in that way – seems to carry about with it the assumption that humanity divides between the 'do-ers' and the 'done-to'.

    Archbishop's lecture celebrating 60th Anniversary of the William Temple Foundation 2008

  • So much by way of framing the problem: these are some of the anxieties that have been raised in association with the concept of welfare as it's developed, and some of the associations that the unpleasant word 'welfarism' has in many people's ears.

    Archbishop's lecture celebrating 60th Anniversary of the William Temple Foundation 2008

  • These policies, Francione argues, are incoherent and dilute the meaning of rights; "welfarism" in any form, he insists, works to the benefit of industries and thus increases, rather than decreases, the demand for animal-derived products; it only aggravates, rather than alleviates, speciesism and the plight of nonhuman animals in horrific systems of exploitation.

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  • Ms. Phillips is a bit oafish with the hyperbolic 'welfarism' isn't she?

    Patterico's Pontifications 2008

  • Since 'welfarism' was in his link, I think some interest should be developed as to who will really be hurting from Wall Street's excesses:

    Patterico's Pontifications Perfect Sense 2008

  • Ms. Phillips is a bit oafish with the hyperbolic 'welfarism' isn't she?

    Patterico's Pontifications 2008

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