negara kesejahteraan
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of negara + kesejahteraan, calque of English welfare state.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nəˈɡara kəsəd͡ʒahtəˈraan/
Noun
negara kesejahteraan (plural negara-negara kesejahteraan, first-person possessive negara kesejahteraanku, second-person possessive negara kesejahteraanmu, third-person possessive negara kesejahteraannya)
- (politics) welfare state: a country in which a social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, providing health care, education, unemployment compensation and social security operates.
Synonyms
- negara kebajikan (Standard Malay)
Further reading
- “negara kesejahteraan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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