# Dirigisme # Links [[Regulation]] --- # References SourceURL: [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirigisme](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirigisme) ## di·ri·gisme **noun** ==\di-ri-====ˈ====zhi-z====ə====m, dē-rē-====ˈ====zhēs-m====ə====\== | | | |---|---| |**Like**|==23==| ## **Definition of** **DIRIGISME** **:**  ==economic planning and control by the state== ==—== **di·ri·giste** _adjective_ ## **Origin of** **DIRIGISME** ==French, from== _dirig_==er to direct (from Latin== _dirigere_==) +== _-isme_ ==-ism== ==First Known Use: 1947==