microeconomist
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- noun
- /ˌmaɪkroʊˈɛkəˌnɑːmɪst/
- As a microeconomist, her research focused on the impact of price changes on individual purchasing behavior.
Examples
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No other three applied microeconomists have been as influential as they have.
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The microeconomist presented findings on how small businesses optimize their resources.
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The microeconomist analyzed how consumers decide what products to buy.
Synonyms
A person who studies how people and businesses make choices in markets
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Surface Forms
Morphology
microeconomist = economist (semi-transparent) = micro + econom + ist
The word is built from 'economist' with the prefix 'micro-', but the technical meaning referring to microeconomics is only partly predictable from the parts alone.
Etymology
Microeconomist comes from the parts micro- meaning 'small', as in microscope, and economy meaning 'how a household or business manages money'. So a microeconomist studies the 'small' economic choices of people and firms.