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Friedmanite

Friedmanite noun: a supporter of Friedmanian economics.

Noun

Friedmanite (plural Friedmanites)

  1. A supporter of Friedmanian economics.
    • If I'd believed in all their policies, [...] I would've been a Keynesian and a Friedmanite, a grammar school preserver and destroyer, a nationalisation freak and a privatisation maniac; but above all, I would have been a stark-staring raving schizophrenic! (laugh track).1980 March 3, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Whisky Priest”, in Yes, Minister, season 3, episode 20, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne)

Forms of Friedmanite

pluralFriedmanites

Origin of Friedmanite

From Friedman + -ite.

Questions about Friedmanite

What does Friedmanite mean?
Friedmanite means a supporter of Friedmanian economics.
What part of speech is Friedmanite?
Friedmanite is a noun.
What is the plural of Friedmanite?
The plural of Friedmanite is Friedmanites.

Words near Friedmanite in the dictionary

  1. Friedman test
  2. Friedman tests
  3. Friedman unit
  4. Friedman units
  5. Friedmanian
  6. Friedmanite
  7. Friedmanites
  8. Friedmann
  9. Friedmannian
  10. Friedmanns
  11. Friedreich's ataxia

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