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Meaning of welfare state | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, providing health care, education, unemployment benefits and social security.
A country in which such a system operates.

Equivalents

Afrikaans welvaartstaat

Čeština sociální stát

Cymraeg gwladwriaeth les

Dansk velfærdssamfund velfærdsstat

Deutsch Sozialstaat Wohlfahrtsstaat

Ελληνικά κράτος πρόνοιας

Español estado benefactor estado de bienestar estado del bienestar

Suomi hyvinvointivaltio

Français État-providence

Magyar jóléti állam

Bahasa Indonesia negara kesejahteraan

Italiano Stato assistenziale stato sociale welfare state

日本語福祉国家

한국어 복지국가

Nederlands verzorgingsstaat welvaartsstaat

Português Estado assistencial estado de bem-estar Estado de bem-estar social welfare state

Русский социа́льное госуда́рство

Svenska folkhem välfärdsstat

Examples

“In order ⟳ to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut ⟳ so that the rich may pay ⟳ less tax. […]”

“Wagenknecht […] argues further that a policy of high migration enforces a minimal welfare state that is ‘cheaper for the upper and upper middle classes in comparison to a real welfare state, but it is not an attractive project for the middle and lower middle groups. Thus, if one wants to remove ⟳ support ⟳ for social provisions, this is exactly the way to do it’.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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