economic
See also: econòmic
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French economique, from Latin oeconomicus, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομικός (oikonomikós, “skilled with household management”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/, /ˌɛkəˈnɒmɪk/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌikəˈnɑmɪk/, /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌiːkəˈnɔmɪk/, /ˌekəˈnɔmɪk/
- (Indian English) IPA(key): /ˌiːkɔˈnɒmɪk/, /ˌɛkɔˈnɒmɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɒmɪk
Adjective edit
economic (comparative more economic, superlative most economic)
- Pertaining to an economy.
- 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
- Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.
- 2021 January 7, Charles Hugh Smith, The Tyranny Nobody Talks About[1]:
- There is much talk of tyranny in the political realm, but little is said about the tyrannies in the economic realm, a primary one being the tyranny of high costs: high costs crush the economy from within and enslave those attempting to start enterprises or keep their businesses afloat.
- Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value); economical.
- Pertaining to the study of money and its movement.
- (obsolete) Pertaining to the management of a household
- 1714 [1599], John Davies, edited by Nahum Tate, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul[2], 2nd edition, London: Hammond Banks, page 64:
- And doth employ her Oeconomick Art, and buisy Care, her Houshold to preserve
Usage notes edit
Modern usage prefers economic when describing the economy of a region or country (and when referring to personal or family budgeting).
Economical is preferred when referring to thrift or value for money.
Derived terms edit
- agro-economic
- economical
- economic blockade
- economic capital
- economic crisis
- economic cybernetics
- economic determinism
- economic emigrant
- economic freedom
- economic growth
- economic immigrant
- economic liberalism
- economic migrant
- economic moat
- economic mobility
- economic nationalism
- economic output
- economic rationalism
- economic refugee
- economic rent
- economics
- economic scenario generator
- economic science
- economic substance
- economic terrorism
- economic warfare
- macro-economic
- mixed economic
- non-economic
- political-economic
- politico-economic
- sexuo-economic
- socio-economic
- socio-political-economic
- special economic zone
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Translations edit
pertaining to an economy
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cheap
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pertaining to the study of money
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Anagrams edit
Ladin edit
Adjective edit
economic m pl
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Latin oeconomicus.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
economic m (feminine singular economica, masculine plural economics, feminine plural economicas)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French économique. By surface analysis, economie + -ic.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
economic m or n (feminine singular economică, masculine plural economici, feminine and neuter plural economice)
Declension edit
Declension of economic
| singular | plural | ||||||
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | economic | economică | economici | economice | ||
| definite | economicul | economica | economicii | economicele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | economic | economice | economici | economice | ||
| definite | economicului | economicei | economicelor | economicilor | |||