单词 | plutonomy |
释义 | plutonomyn. depreciative. Now chiefly historical. The science of the production and distribution of wealth. Cf. plutology n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy political economya1687 economics1764 Pol. Econ.1796 cameralistics1831 catallactic1831 chrematistics1842 plutonomy1851 plutology1864 1851 J. M. Ludlow Christian Socialism 24 [Political economy] confessing its own limited nature by the mouth of its greatest exponent—by its own showing a mere plutonomy. 1862 T. Shorter in Weldon's Regr. Aug. 9 Plutonomy, as it has been designated, is regarded by Mr. Ruskin as a base or bastard science. 1911 F. Harrison Autobiogr. Mem. I. xvi. 322 Sir W. Erle was a dogged adherent of..the orthodox plutonomy of his day. 1999 Business Line (Nexis) 3 July Hicks characterised modern economics as plutonomy, a science dealing with individuals and societies primarily seeking wealth. Derivatives ˌplutoˈnomic adj. of or relating to plutonomy. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [adjective] economical1781 politico-economicala1790 economic1815 politico-economic1839 plutonomic1860 economistic1873 plutological1920 1860 J. M. Ludlow in Macmillan's Mag. May 51 Those plutonomic doctrines which are erected into a faith for states or for individuals, and which tend to supplant everywhere duty by interest. 2000 Business Line (Nexis) 19 Apr. Without a legal basis in a plutonomic society, ethics by itself cannot be a social yardstick for those who are found breaking ethical rules. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851 |
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