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Free-Silverism

Free-Silverism noun: a movement advocating for free silver.

Noun

Free-Silverism (uncountable)

  1. A movement advocating for free silver.
    • After resumption in 1879, when paper money did reach par with gold, the two bond rates remained very nearly equal for several years, until fears of inflation from Greenbackism and Free-Silverism again produced a divergence.1930, Irving Fisher, The Theory of Interest: As Determined by Impatience to Spend Income and Opportunity to Invest It, New York: The MacMillan Company, page 401

Origin of Free-Silverism

From free silver + -ism.

Questions about Free-Silverism

What does Free-Silverism mean?
Free-Silverism means a movement advocating for free silver.
What part of speech is Free-Silverism?
Free-Silverism is a noun.

Words near Free-Silverism in the dictionary

  1. free-roams
  2. free-rode
  3. free-running
  4. free-sheet
  5. free-sheets
  6. Free-Silverism
  7. Free-Soiler
  8. Free-Soilers
  9. Free-Soilism
  10. free-solo
  11. free-soloed

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