Definition of "welfare-statist" [welfare-statist]

• Of or relating to a welfare state (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "But the biggest dilemma is that most parties on the left have not figured out how to adapt their old welfare-statist ideologies to modern economic realities — while appealing to voters who see modern reform as a betrayal of their parties 'traditional socialist ideals, and who often have more-extreme left-wing parties to turn to."
• "For Left Party leader Oskar Lafontaine, the nomination of a key architect of Schröder's reforms is helpful ammunition in his propaganda war against the SPD. Steinmeier's biggest problem may be that while he and Schröder may have developed some sensible reforms, they never came up with a convincing narrative of what one might call a modern progressive reformism — a narrative of opportunity and inclusion to replace the party's traditional welfare-statist and unionist platform."
• "George Will disagrees with Friedman's conclusion about France and the EU but agrees they are a bunch of welfare-statist loungeabouts."