mercantilist
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- adjective
- /mɜrˈkæn.tɪ.lɪst/
- Formal
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mercantilista
- Mercantilist economic nationalism recognizes that markets must function in a world of competitive groups and states.
- mercantilist economic
Examples
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That's a Smithian/Mercantilist measure of growth.
Blog text (32) -
Absolutely no plan that the administration can come up with is going to boost U.S. exports sufficiently while China continues to pursue its mercantilist economic policies.
Blog text (7) -
In both The Other Path 7 and related activities of his Institute for Liberty and Democracy, de Soto uses the "informals" to challenge orthodox materialist and mercantilist thought.
Academic text (1990) -
Hence, the forward momentum of liberalization stalled badly, opening the door for protectionist and mercantilist pressures to fill the vacuum quickly, as they have traditionally done.
Academic text (2002) -
Jide Oweye denounces Japan's cultural and educational activities in Africa as "an instrument of her mercantilist foreign economic policy" geared to increasing African patronage of Japanese products.
Academic text (1991) -
The country's mercantilist policies aim to increase exports while protecting domestic industries.
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During the 17th century, many nations adopted mercantilist strategies to build their wealth and power.
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Critics argue that mercantilist approaches can lead to trade imbalances and international tensions.
Synonyms
Supporting trade and government rules to make a country richer
Surface Forms
Morphology
mercantilist = mercantile (transparent) = mercantile + ist
The suffix '-ist' is commonly used to form adjectives indicating a relation to a specific theory or practice.
Etymology
Mercantilist comes from the word merchant, and further back from the Latin mercari ('to trade') and merx ('goods'). So a mercantilist policy is one that tries to make a country rich by controlling 'trade' and the movement of 'goods'.