mercantilism
noun
mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism.
mercantilistic
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a word derived from
mercantilism.
Example Sentences
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"If used in a mercantilistic manner" to disadvantage foreigners, "then we have major issues."
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2010
Under special trade treaties drawn up every five years, Finno-Soviet economic ties have taken on an almost mercantilistic flavor.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the mercantilistic object of the greater number of prohibitions of coffee, in the 18th century, see Dohm, über Kaffeegesetzgebung, in the D. Museum, Bd.,
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher
He saw that wealth did not increase step by step with the increased productiveness of labour; but he believed he had discovered the cause of this in the mercantilistic and physiocratic sins of the past.
From Freeland A Social Anticipation by Theodor Hertzka
But the mercantilistic germs show themselves even in Hutten and Luther.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher
