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Night watchman state
Noun
Definitions
1.
Noun
Government that is limited to a bare minimum of functions, usually just military, police, and courts.
Synonyms
minarchy
police state
minarchism
protected democracy
prison state
doctrine of necessity
nanny state
pseudodemocracy
nannyism
totalitarianism
philosophical anarchism
state of exception
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