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mercantilism|ˈmɜːkəntaɪlɪz(ə)m|
[f. mercantile + -ism. Cf. F. mercantilisme.]
1. The mercantile spirit; devotion to trade or commerce; the principles or practice characteristic of merchants; commercialism.
1873P. Fitzgerald Dumas II. 105 note, The picture of ‘literary mercantilism’, described by this great writer [Balzac], shows that Dumas had only borrowed his system from journalism and social life. 1885Century Mag. XXXI. 311/1 Mercantilism is drawing into its vortex the intellectual strength of the nation. The energies of its most promising young men are enlisted in the pursuit of wealth. 1888Harper's Mag. Jan. 272 The mercantilism which succeeded..feudalism.
2. Pol. Econ. The principles of the ‘mercantile system’.
1881Contemp. Rev. Nov. XL. 792 Is it possible that merchants, bankers, [etc.]..should all be led astray by the sophism of ‘mercantilism’? 1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 364/2 It has been justly observed that there are in him [Hume] several traces of a refined mercantilism. |