financialization

[ fi-nan-shuh-luh-zey-shuhn, fahy‐ ]

noun
  1. an increase in the role of financial institutions, markets, and executives in a nation’s economy, and its subsequent dominance over the traditional economics of industry and agriculture: The forces of modern financialization have become irresistible.

Origin of financialization

1
First recorded in 1970–75; financial + -ization

Other words from financialization

  • fi·nan·cial·ize, verb (used with or without object), fi·nan·cial·ized, fi·nan·cial·iz·ing.

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