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mercantilist en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin mercor Latin mercantem Italian mercante Latin -īlemder. Italian -ile Italian mercantilebor. French mercantilebor. English mercantile Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English mercantilist From mercantile + -ist.

Meanings

Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
- According to the mercantilist thinking that dominated European thought between the 16th and 18th centuries, poverty was socially useful. True, it was miserable for the poor. But it also kept the economic engine humming by ensuring the availability of plentiful cheap labour. 2013 July 27, “Penury portrait”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8846:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more mercantilist	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most mercantilist	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Hypernyms

illiberal · procontrol · protectionistic · protectionist

mercantilist en · NOUN

Etymology

Meanings

One who believes in mercantilism.
- On this point there was no difference between mercantilists and feudalists, between crowned planners and vested interests, between centralizing bureaucrats and conservative particularists. 1957 [1944], Karl Polanyi, chapter 6, in The Great Transformation, Beacon Press: Boston, page 70:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
mercantilists	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (3)

pt mercantilista (proponent of mercantilism) · pl merkantylistka (proponent of mercantilism) · pl merkantylista (proponent of mercantilism)