Sismondi

[ sis-mon-dee; French sees-mawn-dee ]

/ sɪsˈmɒn di; French sis mɔ̃ˈdi /

noun

Jean Charles Lé·o·nard Si·monde de

[zhahn sharl ley-aw-nar see-mawnd duh] /ʒɑ̃ ʃarl leɪ ɔˈnar siˈmɔ̃d də/, 1773–1842, Swiss historian and economist.

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Examples from the Web for sismondi

As usual, Sismondi starts his investigation with Robinson Crusoe.
The Accumulation of Capital|Rosa Luxemburg
His work is little more than a compilation from Navarrete and Sismondi.
Charles Sumner; his complete works; Volume 2 (of 20)|Charles Sumner
Sismondi asks indignantly, Why did the Italians not form a federation as soon as the strangers appeared?
Euphorion|Vernon Lee
Bouterwek and Sismondi declare that they have caused search to be made in various libraries of Europe without success.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1|Henry Hallam

Sismondi had latterly an undue faith in the principle of middle-class rule.
The Evolution of States|J. M. Robertson

British Dictionary definitions for sismondi

Sismondi

/ (sɪsˈmɒndɪ, French sismɔ̃di) /

noun

Jean Charles Léonard Simonde de (ʒɑ̃ ʃarl leɔnar simɔ̃d də). 1773–1842, Swiss historian and economist. His Histoire des républiques italiennes du moyen âge (1807–18) contributed to the movement for Italian unification

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