From Longman Business Dictionarydirigismedi‧ri‧gisme /ˌdɪrɪˈʒɪzəm/ noun [uncountable] ECONOMICS the idea that a government should be very active in planning and running a country’s economyHe insists the project won’t entail any protectionism or dirigisme, with the government dictating to industry. —dirigiste adjectiveFrench socialists remain instinctively dirigiste and nationalist at the first sign of economic trouble.
