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marginalistic

marginalistic adjective: tending towards marginalism; having the characteristic of being marginal.

Adjective

marginalistic (comparative more marginalistic, superlative most marginalistic)

  1. Tending towards marginalism; having the characteristic of being marginal.
    • Price is strictly an abstract marginalistic concept.2001, Philip A. Lawn, Toward Sustainable Development: An Ecological Economics Approach, page 115

Forms of marginalistic

comparativemore marginalistic
superlativemost marginalistic

Origin of marginalistic

From marginal + -istic.

Words formed from marginalistic

Questions about marginalistic

What does marginalistic mean?
Marginalistic means tending towards marginalism; having the characteristic of being marginal.
What part of speech is marginalistic?
Marginalistic is an adjective.

Words near marginalistic in the dictionary

  1. marginalises
  2. marginalising
  3. marginalism
  4. marginalisms
  5. marginalist
  6. marginalistic
  7. marginalistically
  8. marginalists
  9. marginalities
  10. marginality
  11. marginalium

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