Meaning of night watchman state | Babel Free
Definitions
Government that is limited to a bare minimum of functions, usually just military, police, and courts.
Equivalents
Español
estado vigilante nocturno
Suomi
yövartijavaltio
Français
État-gendarme
Nederlands
nachtwakersstaat
Svenska
nattväktarstat
Examples
“The doctrines of conservative liberalism were propounded by the late nineteenth century's leading intellectual proponents of the night watchman state.”
“For these neoLiberal^([sic]) Democrats of the Orange Book school remain⟳ determined to junk social liberalism for economic liberalism. Their guiding light⟳ is the Gladstonian ideal of a low tax, laissez-faire, “night-watchman state”.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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