Hypernym

noun

a non-market economy in which government intervention is important in allocating goods and resources and determining prices

Domain_of_synset_-_REGION

Europe 1

noun

the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

mercantile system 1

noundomain: group

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests

Synonyms

mercantilism 1
an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests

Hyponym

bullionism 1

noun

an economic theory that defines wealth by the amount of precious metals owned.

cameralism 1

noun

An economic theory (prevalent in eighteenth-century Germany), which advocated a strong public administration managing a centralized industrial economy.

Member_of_this_domain_-_REGION

Europe 1

noun

the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

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