Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

creditism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cred-itism
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A socio-economic system associated with capitalism but distinguished from it due to wealth being loaned out rather than being invested.

Uncountable

noun

A theory that the quantity of credit is a more important financial indicator for central banks to use to govern the economy than the money supply or interest rates.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Social creditism.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From credit + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

creditisms (plural)

Phrases

loanable funds quantitative easing

Frequently Paired Words

capitalism loanable funds monetarism quantitative easing

Questions

What does creditism mean?
A socio-economic system associated with capitalism but distinguished from it due to wealth being loaned out rather than being invested.
Where does creditism come from?
From credit + -ism.

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