(Marxism) The state after the socialist revolution, which is withering away in the process of eliminating class antagonisms.
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(Ireland) state-owned but managed independently along commercial lines.
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1950 March 2, Edward Richards-Orpen, [http://oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie/debates%20authoring/debateswebpack.nsf/takes/seanad1950030200005 State and Semi-State Companies—Motion.] Seanad Éireann debates Vol.37 No.9 p.5 c.692:
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ceremonial, but somewhat less ornate, formal, or prestigious than would be classed as "state".
: I think it would be agreed by all that in the last ten or 15 years we have seen a remarkable growth of these State and semi-State companies, by which I mean companies in which our Minister for Finance holds shares and very often holds …
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