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In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from that combination of feudalism and commercial capitalism which we know as mercantilism.
C. L. R. James

Meaning of "mercantilism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MERCANTILISM

mercantilism  [ˈmɜːkəntɪˌlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MERCANTILISM

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mercantilism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MERCANTILISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mercantilism

Mercantilism

Mercantilism is an economic theory practice, commonly used in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century that promoted governmental regulation of a nation’s economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers. It was the economic counterpart of political absolutism. It includes a national economic policy aimed at accumulating monetary reserves through a positive balance of trade, especially of finished goods. Mercantilism dominated Western European economic policy and discourse from the 16th to late-18th centuries. Mercantilism was a cause of frequent European wars and also motivated colonial expansion. Mercantilist theory varied in sophistication from one writer to another and evolved over time. High tariffs, especially on manufactured goods, are an almost universal feature of mercantilist policy. Other policies have included: ▪ Building a network of overseas colonies; ▪ Forbidding colonies to trade with other nations; ▪...

Definition of mercantilism in the English dictionary

The definition of mercantilism in the dictionary is Also called: mercantile system a theory prevalent in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries asserting that the wealth of a nation depends on its possession of precious metals and therefore that the government of a nation must maximize the foreign trade surplus, and foster national commercial interests, a merchant marine, the establishment of colonies, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MERCANTILISM


automobilism
ˌɔːtəʊˈməʊbɪˌlɪzəm
evangelism
ɪˈvændʒɪˌlɪzəm
Familism
ˈfæmɪˌlɪzəm
immobilism
ɪˈməʊbɪˌlɪzəm
infantilism
ɪnˈfæntɪˌlɪzəm
necrophilism
nɛˈkrɒfɪˌlɪzəm
Negrophilism
niːˈɡrɒfɪˌlɪzəm
nihilism
ˈnaɪɪˌlɪzəm
perfectibilism
pəˈfɛktɪbɪˌlɪzəm
pointillism
ˈpwæntɪˌlɪzəm
pointillisme
ˈpwæntɪˌlɪzəm
probabilism
ˈprɒbəbɪˌlɪzəm
puerilism
ˈpjʊərɪˌlɪzəm
pugilism
ˈpjuːdʒɪˌlɪzəm
salicylism
ˈsælɪsɪˌlɪzəm
servilism
ˈsɜːvɪˌlɪzəm
slavophilism
sləˈvɒfɪˌlɪzəm
symphilism
ˈsɪmfɪˌlɪzəm
virilism
ˈvɪrɪˌlɪzəm
zoophilism
zəʊˈɒfɪˌlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MERCANTILISM

merc
Merca
Mercalli scale
mercantile
mercantile agency
mercantile marine
mercantile paper
mercantile system
mercantilist
mercantilistic
mercaptan
mercaptide
mercaptopurine
mercat
Mercator
Mercator projection
Mercator´s projection
mercenaries
mercenarily
mercenariness

WORDS THAT END LIKE MERCANTILISM

alcoholism
bibliophilism
capitalism
devilism
fallibilism
gentilism
impossibilism
infallibilism
journalism
metabolism
miserabilism
nationalism
possibilism
professionalism
realism
socialism
surrealism
symbolism
troilism
vandalism

Synonyms and antonyms of mercantilism in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mercantilism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MERCANTILISM

Find out the translation of mercantilism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mercantilism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mercantilism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

重商主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mercantilismo
570 millions of speakers

English

mercantilism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वाणिज्यवाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المذهب التجاري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

меркантилизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mercantilismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বানিজ্যবাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mercantilisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mercantilism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Merkantilismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

重商主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중상주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mercantilism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chủ nghĩa trọng thương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெர்கண்டலிச
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यापारीवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ticaret anlayışı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mercantilismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

merkantylizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

меркантилізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mercantilism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μερκαντιλισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

merkantilisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

merkantilism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

merkantilisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mercantilism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MERCANTILISM»

The term «mercantilism» is normally little used and occupies the 111.963 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MERCANTILISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mercantilism

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QUOTES WITH «MERCANTILISM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mercantilism.
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C. L. R. James
In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from that combination of feudalism and commercial capitalism which we know as mercantilism.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERCANTILISM»

Discover the use of mercantilism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mercantilism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mercantilism
First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Lars Magnusson, 1995
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Mercantilism
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Eli F. Heckscher, 2013
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European Economic History: From Mercantilism to Maastricht ...
Spanning 500 years, this tale of the economic history of Western Europe seeks to unearth the roots of present day problems."
E. Damsgård Hansen, 2001
4
Mercantilism in a Japanese Domain: The Merchant Origins of ...
This book explores the historical roots of economic nationalism within Japan.
Luke S. Roberts, 2002
5
Sick Economies: Drama, Mercantilism, and Disease in ...
The author integrates feminism, materialist criticism, and legal history to offer a look at how women's management of household goods became an important site of female struggle and resistance to England's patrilinear property regime.
Jonathan Gil Harris, 2004
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The Modern World-System II: Mercantilism and the ...
Immanuel Wallerstein’s highly influential, multi-volume opus, The Modern World-System, is one of this century’s greatest works of social science.
Immanuel Wallerstein, 2011
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Mercantilism and the East India Trade: An Early Phase of the ...
In this seminal work Thomas argues that mercantilism was mainly a system of economic policy whose intention was the strengthening of the state in material terms and as such was the economic side of nationalism.
Parakunnel Joseph Thomas, 2009
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Financial Versus Monetary Mercantilism: Long-Run View of the ...
The sizable hoarding of international reserves by several East Asian countries has been frequently attributed to a modern version of monetary mercantilism-hoarding international reserves in order to improve competitiveness. from a long-run ...
Jaewoo Lee, Joshua Aizenman, 2006
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Paradigm and Praxis: Seventeenth-century Mercantilism and ...
It is for this reason that this work argues that the structural impediments to change in Portugal were simply too overwhelming for them to seriously contemplate participation in the world-capitalist system; and, that even had they been able ...
Jeffery L. Irvin (Jr), 2008
10
Politicized economies: monarchy, monopoly, and mercantilism
Politicized Economies illuminates the high tide of mercantilism in England and the entrenchment of controls in the French and Spanish economies between 1540 and 1640.
Robert Burton Ekelund, Robert D. Tollison, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERCANTILISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mercantilism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Greek Bailout Can't Succeed Without Ending German Mercantilism
Greece has committed to more austerity and arduous reforms to keep the euro, but success requires equally significant but unlikely changes ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
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Greek Bailout Can't Succeed Without Ending German Mercantilism
Greece has committed to more austerity and arduous reforms to keep the euro, but success requires equally significant but unlikely changes ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»
3
The Great Unbinding Part 3.3
But employment income is the only source of consumers' money to buy the outputs, so nations engage in money mercantilism to try to sell their ... «OpEdNews, Jul 15»
4
Letter | Learn some useful definitions
Mercantilism: There is only limited wealth. If one person has accumulated much wealth, then he must have done it at the expense of a poorer ... «Mansfield News Journal, Jul 15»
5
Congress should not have passed TPA
It is as Daniel DeMicco explained, a “unilateral trade disarmament” and “the enablement of foreign mercantilism” whereby we open our markets ... «Midland Daily News, Jul 15»
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Newly Established North Beach Bauhaus Offers Creative Space For …
I think that this block will eventually become another corridor of bright mercantilism.” The Bauhaus, translated roughly as "school of building," ... «Hoodline, Jul 15»
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Proxy Access: Shareholder Democracy Or Creeping Mercantilism?
Following certain rule changes made by Congress and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the 2015 proxy season has seen a ... «ValueWalk, Jul 15»
8
TPP – It's all About Japan
Most of the Asian nations practice mercantilism. They learned from China, since entering the world trading system, they can rip off American ... «Mesquite Local News, Jul 15»
9
The Wall between Liberal Theory and Practice Must Fall
True liberals (classical liberals) used to face a three-faced struggle: against mercantilism, socialism, and communism. Now we are under attack ... «PanAm Post, Jul 15»
10
The French Revolution and Modern Liberty
Compared to the ancien regime of monarchy, aristocracy, class, monopoly, mercantilism, religious uniformity, and arbitrary power, that's the ... «Cato Institute, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mercantilism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mercantilism>. May 2024 ».
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