night watchman state

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Government that is limited to a bare minimum of functions, usually just military, police, and courts.
    — The doctrines of conservative liberalism were propounded by the late nineteenth century's leading intellectual proponents of the night watchman state.

词形变化

night watchman states plural night-watchman state alternative

词源

Calque of German Nachtwächterstaat, which was coined by German socialist Ferdinand Lassalle in an 1862 speech in Berlin. He used this term to criticize the idea of a state with minimal government, comparing it to a night watchman whose sole duty was preventing theft.
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