Synonyms for statism

Most common

1. Totalitarianism — the belief that most or all political power should be centralized in national governments

2. Federalism — the belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments

Other

government, secularism, governance, statesmanship

n. 1
The belief that most or all political power should be centralized in national governments.
Near-synonyms: big government, dirigisme
n. 2
The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments.
The joint note of Austria and Prussia... appears thus to have worked more good than moderation and good sense generally achieve over faction and petty-Statism.

Plural: statisms → totalitarianisms, authoritarianisms, dirigismes, etatisms…

authoritarianism Gender violence and authoritarianism go hand-in-hand.
totalitarianism Totalitarianism is when people are mean to me.
regionalism I try to avoid this regionalism when speaking to an international audience.

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (government³ = 3 syllables).