Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marginalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables
marginal-ism
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use of marginal analysis to solve large classes of microeconomic problems.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English marginal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English marginalism From marginal + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Phrases

marginal cost marginal revenue marginal utility

Frequently Paired Words

marginal cost marginal revenue marginal utility

Questions

What does marginalism mean?
The use of marginal analysis to solve large classes of microeconomic problems.
Where does marginalism come from?
Etymology tree English marginal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English marginalism From marginal + -ism.

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