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This modern mania for interfering in other's lives, usually under the guise of health and safety concerns, is highly irritating and counterproductive. Down with the nanny state.
Felix Dennis

Meaning of "nanny state" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NANNY STATE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NANNY STATE

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Nanny state is a noun.
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WHAT DOES NANNY STATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

nanny state

Nanny state

Nanny state is a term of British origin that conveys a view that a government or its policies are overprotective or interfering unduly with personal choice. The term "nanny state" likens government to the role that a nanny has in child rearing. An early usage of the term comes from Conservative British MP Iain Macleod who referred to "what I like to call the nanny state" in his column "Quoodle" in the December 3, 1965, edition of The Spectator.

Definition of nanny state in the English dictionary

The definition of nanny state in the dictionary is a government that makes decisions for people that they might otherwise make for themselves, esp those relating to private and personal behaviour.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NANNY STATE

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nanogram
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WORDS THAT END LIKE NANNY STATE

chief of state
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crown estate
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out-of-state
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Synonyms and antonyms of nanny state in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «nanny state» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NANNY STATE

Find out the translation of nanny state to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nanny state from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nanny state» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

保姆状态
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estado niñera
570 millions of speakers

English

nanny state
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नानी राज्य
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الدولة الحاضنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

государство няня
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estado-babá
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নারীর অবস্থা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

État-providence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Negeri pengasuh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kindermädchen-Staat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

乳母の状態
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보모 상태
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nanny state
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà nước vú em
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கணவன் நிலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आया राज्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dadı devleti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stato bambinaia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stan niania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

держава няня
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de stat dadaca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νταντά κατάσταση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nanny state
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

förmyndarsamhället
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nanny state
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nanny state

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NANNY STATE»

The term «nanny state» is regularly used and occupies the 90.289 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NANNY STATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nanny state

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3 QUOTES WITH «NANNY STATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word nanny state.
1
Felix Dennis
This modern mania for interfering in other's lives, usually under the guise of health and safety concerns, is highly irritating and counterproductive. Down with the nanny state.
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David Harsanyi
Living most of my life in New York, I witnessed plenty of nanny state laws. Later, I lived in D.C. for a bit and saw even more. I assumed when I got to Colorado, the Wild West, there would be a rejection of such intrusive legislation. I was wrong.
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Rand Paul
I don't want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NANNY STATE»

Discover the use of nanny state in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nanny state and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nanny State: How Food Fascists, Teetotaling Do-gooders, ...
Looks at the rise in intrusive legislation and social sanctions that are robbing Americans of their choices and freedoms and promoting a culture of victimhood as bureaucrats and social activists dictate what we eat, what we watch and read, ...
David Harsanyi, 2007
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The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the ...
Sound economic policy should harness the market in ways that produce desirable social outcomes â__ decent wages, good jobs and affordable health care. Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Dean Baker, 2006
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The Nanny State
This book examines and analyses a social issue that will lie at the heart of the political agenda at the time of its publication. Originally published: 2004.
Robert Huntington, 2008
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Nanny State
The unlikely pair begins a journey of fetish exploration together, but when Summer brings a friend into this world of kink, will Nanny punish the girls or welcome another charge?This title contains graphic descriptions of lesbian sex, age ...
Giselle Renarde, 2013
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Freedom, Common Sense, and the "Nanny State"
U.S. $9.95 Why the title, Freedom, Common Sense, and the “Nanny State”? Freedom is the individual's ability to choose. The more choices one has in life, the greater one's freedom. America is world-famous as the Land of the Free. Common ...
Richard T Stanley, 2013
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The War on Smokers and the Rise of the Nanny State
Ibegin this chapter with these quotes because I think they constitute a partial definition of the Nanny State. Imagine hearing Rosie O'Donnell's screeching the words "smoke” and "cigarette” instead of "hunt” and “gun,” and you get the idea of  ...
Theodore J. King, 2009
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Sociology in Perspective
The New Right and the nanny state With the rise of the New Right in western politics (see Section 13.9), there can be seen a keen awareness of the notion of the state becoming overloaded. In the UK, since the establishment of the first ...
‎2000
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Keep Britain Tidy: And Other Posters from the Nanny State
This collection of public information posters from the period 194575 is published in conjunction with the National Archives, where the original posters are located.
Hester Vaizey, 2014
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World Orders, Old and New
The citizen, then, must return to the wholesome task of looking for a job and going to church, while the "nanny state" is rid of the therapists and social scientists who now run the world, and left in the hands of — some absent force. Entirely ...
Noam Chomsky, 1997
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Movers and Shakers: A Chronology of Words that Shaped Our Age
... main obsessions was rolling back the nanny state. 1983 Washington Post: The British, we are incessantly told, have now rejected the 'nanny state' and regard the social worker as a boring pest. no problem (1963) used as a polite disclaimer  ...
John Ayto, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NANNY STATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nanny state is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nanny State Controlling What You Put in Your Mouth
The day before my motion to establish an inquiry into the nanny state passed the Senate, the NSW Parliament enacted legislation that means ... «Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition, Jul 15»
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Move to cut junk food from council-run centres labelled a 'nanny
HAVE YOUR SAY: More “nanny state” intervention or a sensible proposal? What do you think of the council's decision to cut down on junk food ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
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Nanny State of the Week: Lawsuit challenges Seattle trash snooping
GOING THROUGH THE TRASH: Seattle is on the cutting edge of nanny state-ism with a new citywide ban on throwing any compostable ... «Watchdog.org, Jul 15»
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Voters are adults and don't need a nanny state to make choices for …
But the nanny state problem is not confined to just puritanism, prohibition and an inability to understand evidence-based policy. It's much larger. «WA today, Jul 15»
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Nanny state inquiry: speed limits 'kill more than they save'
Mr Curtis claimed “all experts support nanny-state situation, despite the figures” of Queensland road deaths remaining steady over the long ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
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Say 'non' to our nanny state
A FRIEND recently observed the most peculiar situation. He and his friends were drinking in a local licensed establishment when they noticed there was a table ... «Perth Now, Jul 15»
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Nanny State of the Week: Helicopters, horses and New York City
Government officials in New York City just want to make it hard to get around, it seems. It's been two years since Mayor Bill de Blasio took office ... «Watchdog.org, Jul 15»
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'High Priests of the Nanny State' – Doctors Call for Punitive Tax on …
British doctors are calling for a 20 percent tax to be levied on sugar in a bid to cut the obesity epidemic. But low tax campaigners have said that ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
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The End of the Road for the Colombian Nanny State
EspañolBogotá, Colombia's capital, was the target of several terrorist attacks last week. The primary suspect is the guerrilla group National ... «PanAm Post, Jul 15»
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A nanny state and its limits
We may find some limits in connection with two Israeli young men who have gone missing in recent months. Both have been described as ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»

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