monetarism
/mˈɑnətɚˌɪzəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The doctrine that economic systems are controlled by variations in the supply of money.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The political doctrine that a nation's economy (in particular inflation) can be controlled by regulating the money supply.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Monetarism, you see, has two components. The first is that the central bank should try to control the money supply. In light of the Bank's report that part of the monetarist doctrine is now a dinosaur fit only to be displayed in the museum of failed economic ideas. […] Indeed, this second component of monetarism is one of the primary culprits behind the economic crisis that we have been living through for the past five years."
Etymology
Etymology tree English monetary 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 monetarism From monetary + -ism.