economism
/ɪˈkɒnəmɪz(ə)m
/noun [mass noun]
Belief in the primacy of economic causes or factors.The prevalent economism of Whig political theory is obvious in the fact that the protection of property is assigned as the origin of law and the end of government....
- There is for the first time the possibility of a European labour movement that is inherently transnational in orientation and which overcomes the sectionalism and economism of nation labour movements.
- Many workers have been swayed by communal propaganda and trade union organisations have not cared to educate them because they seldom look beyond their economism.
Origin
Early 20th century: from French économisme, based on Greek oikonomia 'household management' (see economy).
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