economism
- noun
- /ˌiːkəˈnɪzəm/
- Formal
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economismo
- Once Eastern European countries start on the road of a market economy, we have grounds to fear that they will succumb to the temptation of cold-blooded economism.
- cold-blooded economism
- blooded economism
Examples
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Many critics argue that economism overlooks vital social and cultural dimensions of human life.
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The policy focused on profits demonstrated a clear case of economism, neglecting community welfare entirely.
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In struggling against the demon of economism, Christians will, however, go a step beyond justice and general rights.
Academic text (1991) -
Against economism, Christians need to demand that respect for freedom as a basic rule of the economic game be supplemented by respect for the right to sustenance.
Academic text (1991) -
In these teachings, an anti-colonial nationalism was combined with economism, in which public enterprises are upheld and private enterprises are to be distrusted and curbed.
Academic text (1991) -
Although in this respect COSATU is presented as something of a dialectical advance on the previous forms of resistance, Marx criticizes the unions for their excessive economism, though this claim is not justified in any depth.
Academic text (1994) -
Although he dealt with economic issues, Bennabi rejected what he called "economism," which in his view had become the new obsession of Arab/Islamic societies at the expense of civilizational, i.e., cultural values.
Academic text (1996) -
Her theory of economism suggests that financial motives are prioritized over ethical considerations in decision-making.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
economism = economy (transparent) = econom + ism
Formed from the economic/economy stem plus '-ism' meaning a doctrine or ideology focused on economic factors, so the doctrine sense is directly derived.
Etymology
Economism comes from economy ('the system of money and resources') plus the ending -ism ('a belief' or 'a way of thinking'). So economism names the idea that economic factors are the most important, which is why people say it can ignore social or cultural needs.