Dirigiste

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /dɪɹəˈʒist/, /dɪɹɪˈʒist/

Origin

Borrowing from fr dirigiste, from diriger ("to run, to direct"), from Latin dirigere, present active infinitive of dīrigō ("direct, steer")

Full definition of dirigiste

Adjective

1. Controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy."The repeated crises in dirigiste systems are in essence crises of information since the abolition of the market leaves the central planner bereft of that economic knowledge which is required for harmony."; Norman Barry in The Tradition of Spontaneous Order, Literature of Liberty: A Review of Contemporary Liberal Thought, 5:2;7-58, p. 10, 1982.

Related terms

• dirigist
  dirigism
  dirigisme

Anagrams

• digitiser