different between quango vs corporatist

English

Etymology

From the initial letters (the first two letters for the first word) of “quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization”. Coined in 1967 by Alan Pifer of the US-based Carnegie Foundation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kwæ?.???/
• Rhymes: -æ????
• Hyphenation: quan?go

Noun

quango (plural quangos)

1. (Britain) An organization that, although financed by a government, acts independently of it.
   • 1998, Ferenc Miszlivetz; Katalin Ertsey, “Hungary: Civil Society in the Post-Socialist World”, in Alison van Rooy, editor, Civil Society and the Aid Industry: The Politics and Promise, London: Earthscan, OCLC ISBN 978-1-85383-553-7; republished as Civil Society and the Aid Industry (Earthscan Library Collection, Aid and Development; 3), London; Stirling, Va.: Earthscan, 2013, ISBN 978-1-84971-042-8, page 78:

     The strongest link to the State, however, occurs with quangos, (quasi-NGOs), and the many umbrella groups that also thrive on State support. Many of the new parties realized after their Sturm und Drang years that they still needed regular contacts with the 'civil' world and that their civilian support base had been seriously eroded.

Synonyms

• parastatal

Derived terms

• quangocracy
• quangoism

Translations

English

Etymology

corporate +? -ist. [1885–90] Late 19th century.

Adjective

corporatist (comparative more corporatist, superlative most corporatist)

1. Having the principles, doctrine, or system of corporative organization of a political unit, as a city or state.

Derived terms

• corporativism
• corporatism (noun)

Translations

Noun

corporatist (plural corporatists)

1. A proponent of corporatism.

Related terms

• anti-globalization
• antitrust
• capitalism
• collectivism
• corporate nationalism 1
• corporate police state 1
• corporatization
• corporatocracy 1
• crony capitalism 1
• economic fascism 1
• globalization
• national syndicalism 1
• neoconservatism
• neofeudalism 1
• plutocracy
• quango

Anagrams

• proto-racist, protoracist

Romanian

Etymology

corporatism +? -ist

Noun

corporatist m (plural corporati?ti)

1. corporatist
2. office worker

Declension