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Okishian

Syllables: O·ki·shi·anUK/əʊˈkɪ.ʃi.ən/

Okishian adjective: of or pertaining to the Japanese economist Nobuo Okishio and his theories.

Adjective

Okishian (comparative more Okishian, superlative most Okishian)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Japanese economist Nobuo Okishio and his theories.
    • The generality of the Okishian theorem has thus been refuted, and that theorem is thus confined to a special case (i.e. neoclassical-perfect competition in the absence of fixed capital).1991, G. Reuten, “Accumulation of capital and the foundation of the tendency of the rate of profit to fall”, in Cambridge Journal of Economics, volume 15, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 91
    • Nonetheless the Okishian critique can be refuted at a different level of abstraction, that is, that of competition between capitals/firms.1998, Riccardo Bellofiore, Marxian Economics: A Reappraisal, volume 2, Springer, →ISBN, page 182

Forms of Okishian

comparativemore Okishian
superlativemost Okishian

Origin of Okishian

From Okishio + -ian.

Questions about Okishian

What does Okishian mean?
Okishian means of or pertaining to the Japanese economist Nobuo Okishio and his theories.
What part of speech is Okishian?
Okishian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Okishian?
Okishian is pronounced /əʊˈkɪ.ʃi.ən/ (UK).

Words near Okishian in the dictionary

  1. OKing
  2. Okinotorishima
  3. Okipa
  4. Okis
  5. OKish
  6. Okishian
  7. okiya
  8. okiyas
  9. okka
  10. Okkaligar
  11. okkard

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