Word.ws English Dictionary

Northian

Northian adjective: of or characteristic of the theories of the economist Douglass North (1920–2015).

Adjective

Northian (comparative more Northian, superlative most Northian)

  1. Of or characteristic of the theories of the economist Douglass North (1920–2015).
    • [One economic phenomenon driving growth] is “Northian growth” which occurs when institutional change, more efficient factor markets, and improved property rights make the allocation of resources more efficient.2026, Joel Mokyr, “Nobel Lecture: The Past and Future of Innovation: Can Progress Be Sustained?”, in American Economic Review, volume 116, number 7, →DOI, pages 2299–2323

Forms of Northian

comparativemore Northian
superlativemost Northian

Words formed from Northian

  • Northianism

Questions about Northian

What does Northian mean?
Northian means of or characteristic of the theories of the economist Douglass North (1920–2015).
What part of speech is Northian?
Northian is an adjective.

Words near Northian in the dictionary

  1. Northford
  2. Northgate
  3. Northglenn
  4. Northgrippian
  5. Northiam
  6. Northian
  7. northie
  8. northies
  9. Northill
  10. northing
  11. northings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Northian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Northian.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/northian. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.