physiocrat
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈfɪzɪəkɹat/
physiocrat (plural physiocrats)
- (economics, historical) Any of a group of economists in 18th century France who believed that the government should not seek to influence the operation of natural economic laws.
- 2002, Colin Jones (historian), The Greta Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 219:
- The Physiocrats espoused a professional service ethic and, in the interests of societal welfare, sought to establish laws of political economy and social relations.
- 2002, Colin Jones (historian), The Greta Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 219:
- German: Physiokrat
- Russian: физиокра́т
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