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mercantilist, n. and a.|ˈmɜːkəntaɪlɪst|
[Formed as prec. + -ist.]
A. n. An advocate of the ‘mercantile system’.
1854E. Michelsen England 253 The physiocrats occupy a far superior position to the mercantilists. 1891Cunningham in Economic Rev. 16 The mercantilists held that the direction in which capital was used should be controlled so that the power of the state might be maintained.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to mercantilism or the ‘mercantile system’.
1881Contemp. Rev. Nov. XL. 806 But from these true observations..the ‘mercantilist’ reasoners have deduced erroneous conclusions. 1896Cunningham Growth Eng. Indust. 562 The Doctor takes the mercantilist position as distinguished from the bullionist.
Hence ˌmercantiˈlistic a. = prec. adj.
1881–4Lalor's Cycl. Pol. Sci. II. 197 (Cent.) From the seventeenth century mercantilistic views began to exercise a more and more marked influence upon financial literature. |