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creditism

creditism noun: a socio-economic system associated with capitalism but distinguished from it due to wealth being loaned out rather than being invested.

Noun

creditism (countable and uncountable, plural creditisms)

  1. (uncountable) A socio-economic system associated with capitalism but distinguished from it due to wealth being loaned out rather than being invested.
  2. A theory that the quantity of credit is a more important financial indicator for central banks to use to govern the economy than the money supply or interest rates.
  3. (political economy) Social creditism.

Forms of creditism

pluralcreditisms

Origin of creditism

From credit + -ism.

Phrases with creditism

Questions about creditism

What does creditism mean?
Creditism means a socio-economic system associated with capitalism but distinguished from it due to wealth being loaned out rather than being invested.
What part of speech is creditism?
Creditism is a noun.
What is the plural of creditism?
The plural of creditism is creditisms.

Words near creditism in the dictionary

  1. creditees
  2. creditest
  3. crediteth
  4. crediting
  5. creditings
  6. creditism
  7. creditisms
  8. creditless
  9. creditlessness
  10. Crediton
  11. Crediton Hamlets

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