Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Health, happiness, and good fortune; well-being.
- noun Financial or other aid provided, especially by the government, to people in need.
- idiom (on welfare) Receiving regular assistance from the government or private agencies because of need.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A state or condition of doing well; prosperous or satisfactory course or relation; exemption from evil; state with respect to well-being: as, to promote the physical or the spiritual welfare of society; to inquire after a friend's welfare; to be anxious about the welfare of a ship at sea.
- noun A source of well-being; a blessing; a good.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable
Health ,safety ,happiness andprosperity ;well-being in any respect. - noun uncountable Various forms of
financial aid provided by thegovernment to those who are in need of it (abbreviated form of Welfare assistance).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
- noun something that aids or promotes well-being
- noun a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Just like #welfare cures poverty. jeromeflipo Has human adaptability (to natural and social environment) increased over time feesch @nbk1 healthy is beyond physical - can welfare state or planet cope with rising population What are side effects of human lab rats dallaslistings Supervisors needed for our Outdoor Human Directionals!!!
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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In America, the term welfare is almost a dirty word.
THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS DANIEL YERGIN 1998
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It would give new meaning to the term "welfare state" if abortion was banned!
USATODAY.com News 2012
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The research says that when white Americans, for example, hear the term welfare, for the majority of us, it conjures up a negative connotation regarding blacks.
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"Maybe we should start dumping the term welfare," she said.
Evening Standard - Home Joe Murphy 2012
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In case you don't realize, the term welfare means a state of well-being for all of us, not just the Limbaughs or the Bushs or even the Obamas.
Think Progress 2009
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I assume the term welfare will soon be outlawed as we push political correctness off the edge of the American cliff.
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When money is given to the poor, republicans call it welfare and they b! tch about it.
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It was the favorite saying of a wealthy girl I dated briefly at school, a marketing major and self-described libertarian with sentimental notions of family and contempt for what she called the welfare state.
Valhalla After Dark David McKenna 2011
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It was the favorite saying of a wealthy girl I dated briefly at school, a marketing major and self-described libertarian with sentimental notions of family and contempt for what she called the welfare state.
Valhalla After Dark David McKenna 2011
brtom commented on the word welfare
When I have thought of the welfare of the earth, the problems of its health and preservation, the care of its life, I have had this place before me ... Wendell Berry "A Native Hill"
July 19, 2008
sakhalinskii commented on the word welfare
"Charity begins at home." - Publius Terentius Afer
July 30, 2008
ry commented on the word welfare
cf. wofare
July 21, 2019