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adj. - Of or relating to a government that undertakes responsibility for the condition of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.

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  • Labeling an individual a "welfarist" or "rightist" connotes important messages about their views on animal exploitation.
  • This is what the "welfarist" view of American society and an abstract conception of "coalition politics" lead to in practice.
  • Beginning in the mid-1990s, Francione exposed the duplicity of "new welfarists" who use the term "animal rights" but pursue "welfarist" policies.
  • The evaluative tradition in economics is resolutely welfarist.
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