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Hamiltonism

Hamiltonism noun: the economic policy attributed to Alexander Hamilton.

Noun

Hamiltonism (uncountable)

  1. The economic policy attributed to Alexander Hamilton.
    • Politically, to these leveling historians, Hamiltonism was evil; and by the same token a moral and not an economic judgment is passed on his extraordinary achievements.1954, L. M. Hacker, “The Anticapitalist Bias of American Historians,” in Capitalism and the Historians, Friedrich A Hayek ed....
    • As days passed and Chief Justice Lewis said nothing about it, Kent and his convert to Hamiltonism, Judge Smith Thompson, grew uneasy.2000, Thomas Fleming, Duel

Origin of Hamiltonism

From Hamilton + -ism.

Questions about Hamiltonism

What does Hamiltonism mean?
Hamiltonism means the economic policy attributed to Alexander Hamilton.
What part of speech is Hamiltonism?
Hamiltonism is a noun.

Words near Hamiltonism in the dictionary

  1. Hamiltonianism
  2. Hamiltonianness
  3. hamiltonians
  4. Hamiltonicity
  5. Hamiltonisation
  6. Hamiltonism
  7. Hamiltonization
  8. hamiltons
  9. Hamiltonsbawn
  10. Hamiltrash
  11. hamily

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