mercantilist

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mercantilist

adjective more mercantilist · most mercantilist

Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism. According to the mercantilist thinking that dominated European thought between the 16th and 18th centuries, poverty was socially useful. True, it was miserable for the poor. But it also kept the economic engine humming by ensuring the availability of plentiful cheap labour.

noun mercantilists

One who believes in mercantilism. On this point there was no difference between mercantilists and feudalists, between crowned planners and vested interests, between centralizing bureaucrats and conservative particularists.

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noun proponent of mercantilism

Português	mercantilista

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@misc{mercantilist_2026,
  title = {mercantilist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mercantilist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}