subsidiarity

English

Etymology

From Latin subsidiarius. By surface analysis, subsidiary +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səbˌsɪdiˈæɹɪti/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

subsidiarity (usually uncountable, plural subsidiarities)

1. The principle that initiative (whether in government, business or religion) ought to reside at the lowest feasible level (i.e. at the local or regional level, instead of the national or supranational level, unless the latter presents clear advantages)
   • 2012, Koos Malan, Politocracy: An Assessment of the Coercive Logic of the Territorial State and Ideas Around a Response to it, page 282:

     According to the principle of subsidiarity, government should be as habitative as possible. Government functions must therefore be exercised at the most habitative level, as close as possible to those affected by the exercise of such functions.

Translations

principle

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: subsidiariteit (nl) f Esperanto: subsidiareco Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: subsidiariteetti, subsidiariteettiperiaate (fi), läheisyysperiaate, toissijaisuusperiaaate French: subsidiarité (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Subsidiarität (de) f Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: dreifræðisregla f, dreifræði n, nálægðarregla f Italian: sussidiarietà (it) f Polish: subsydiarność (pl) f Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Romanian: subsidiaritate f Russian: please add this translation if you can Slovak: subsidiarita f Spanish: subsidiariedad f Turkish: subsidiarite, yetki ikamesi Vietnamese: nguyên tắc bổ trợ, nguyên tắc phân quyền, nguyên tắc phân nhiệm, nguyên tắc hỗ trợ

Further reading

• subsidiarity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia