🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

regolamentismo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: reɡolamenˈtismo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Regulatorism/ˈrɛɡ.jʊ.lə.təˌrɪz.əm/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il regolamentismo soffoca spesso la libera concorrenza."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The advocacy, policy, or practice of strict government control and oversight over economic activities or industries.

    "Critics argued that excessive regulatorism would stifle innovation in the emerging technology sector."
  2. 2

    A systemic adherence to established rules, regulations, and institutional frameworks within an organization or society.

    "The corporate culture shifted toward bureaucratism and regulatorism after the compliance audit."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin regulare (to rule, direct), combined with the English suffix -ism denoting a system, principle, or ideological doctrine. It emerged in modern political and economic discourse to describe the advocacy or practice of state regulation, corresponding directly to terms like the Japanese kisei-shugi.

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