welfare state

welfare state

English

Etymology

Compound of welfare +‎ state.

Noun

welfare state (plural welfare states)

1. A social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, providing health care, education, unemployment compensation and social security.
   • 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 188, number 23, page 19:

     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. […]

2. A country in which such a system operates.

Translations

social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens

Afrikaans: welvaartstaat (af) Azerbaijani: rifah dövləti Bengali: কল্যাণ রাষ্ট্র (kôlẏaṇ raṣṭrô) Catalan: estat del benestar m Chinese: Mandarin: 福利國家 (zh), 福利国家 (zh) (fúlì guójiā) Czech: sociální stát m Danish: velfærdssamfund n, velfærdsstat c Dutch: verzorgingsstaat (nl) m, welvaartsstaat (nl) m (chiefly Belgium) Finnish: hyvinvointivaltio (fi) French: État-providence (fr) m German: Wohlfahrtsstaat (de) m Hungarian: jóléti állam Indonesian: negara kesejahteraan (id) Italian: Stato sociale m, Stato assistenziale m Japanese: 福祉国家 (ふくしこっか, fukushi kokka) Korean: 복지국가(福祉國家) (ko) (bokjigukga) Macedonian: соција́лна др́жава f (socijálna dŕžava) Malay: negara kebajikan Malayalam: ക്ഷേമരാഷ്ട്രം (kṣēmarāṣṭraṃ) Norwegian: Bokmål: velferdsstat (no) m Nynorsk: velferdsstat m Persian: دولت رفاه‎ Polish: państwo opiekuńcze n Portuguese: estado de bem-estar m, estado de bem-estar social m, estado assistencial m Russian: социа́льное госуда́рство n (sociálʹnoje gosudárstvo) Spanish: estado de bienestar m, estado del bienestar m, estado benefactor m Swedish: välfärdsstat (sv) c Vietnamese: nhà nước phúc lợi West Frisian: fersoargingssteat c

country in which such a system operates

Afrikaans: welvaartstaat (af) Azerbaijani: rifah dövləti Bengali: কল্যাণ রাষ্ট্র (kôlẏaṇ raṣṭrô) Chinese: Mandarin: 福利國家 (zh), 福利国家 (zh) (fúlì guójiā) Czech: sociální stát m Danish: velfærdsstat c Dutch: verzorgingsstaat (nl) m, welvaartsstaat (nl) m (chiefly Belgium) Finnish: hyvinvointivaltio (fi) French: État-providence (fr) m German: Wohlfahrtsstaat (de) m Hungarian: jóléti állam Indonesian: negara kesejahteraan (id) Japanese: 福祉国家 (ふくしこっか, fukushi kokka) Korean: 복지국가(福祉國家) (ko) (bokjigukga) Macedonian: соција́лна др́жава f (socijálna dŕžava) Malay: negara kebajikan Malayalam: ക്ഷേമരാഷ്ട്രം (kṣēmarāṣṭraṃ) Norwegian: velferdsstat (no) Persian: دولت رفاه‎ Polish: państwo opiekuńcze n Portuguese: estado de bem-estar m, estado de bem-estar social m, estado assistencial m Russian: социа́льное госуда́рство n (sociálʹnoje gosudárstvo) Spanish: estado del bienestar m, estado benefactor Swedish: välfärdsstat (sv) c Vietnamese: nhà nước phúc lợi West Frisian: fersoargingssteat c