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ETATISMES
Definition of ETATISMES
Wiktionary has no entry for ETATISMES itself. This is its base word, ETATISM.
noun
Synonym of statism, sometimes with specific distinctions derived from Mises's political theories.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for ETATISM.
From état (“state”) + -ism, equivalent to a borrowing of French étatisme but coined by Ludwig von Mises's 1944 Omnipotent Government to emphasize statism's longer history in France and other Continental governments than in the Anglosphere. Doublet of statism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ETATISMES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ETATISMES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEIMSSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, T and S appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ETATIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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