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marginalism

marginalism noun: the use of marginal analysis to solve large classes of microeconomic problems.

Noun

marginalism (countable and uncountable, plural marginalisms)

  1. The use of marginal analysis to solve large classes of microeconomic problems.

Forms of marginalism

pluralmarginalisms

Origin of marginalism

From marginal + -ism.

Questions about marginalism

What does marginalism mean?
Marginalism means the use of marginal analysis to solve large classes of microeconomic problems.
What part of speech is marginalism?
Marginalism is a noun.
What is the plural of marginalism?
The plural of marginalism is marginalisms.

Words near marginalism in the dictionary

  1. marginalised
  2. marginaliser
  3. marginalisers
  4. marginalises
  5. marginalising
  6. marginalism
  7. marginalisms
  8. marginalist
  9. marginalistic
  10. marginalistically
  11. marginalists

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