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ordoliberalism

Syllables: or·do·lib·er·al·ismUK/ˌɔːdəʊˈlɪbɹəlɪz(ə)m//ˌɔɹdoʊˈlɪbəɹəlɪzəm/

ordoliberalism noun: a political philosophy that emphasizes the desirability of the government establishing rules to maximize the potential of the free market to produce results.

Noun

ordoliberalism (uncountable)

  1. A political philosophy that emphasizes the desirability of the government establishing rules to maximize the potential of the free market to produce results.

Origin of ordoliberalism

Borrowed from German Ordoliberalismus (coined in 1950 by the German economist Hero Moeller (1892–1974)), from ORDO (the name of a journal, the full title of which is ORDO — Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (ORDO – Yearbook of Economic and Social Order) + Liberalismus (“liberalism”). ORDO is derived from Latin ōrdō (“methodical arrangement, order, or series”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to fit, put together; to fix”); while Liberalismus is from French libéralisme (ultimately from Latin līber (“free, independent, unchecked, unrestricted”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; people”)) + -ismus (“suffix forming the names of schools of thought, systems, or theories”).

Words formed from ordoliberalism

Questions about ordoliberalism

What does ordoliberalism mean?
Ordoliberalism means a political philosophy that emphasizes the desirability of the government establishing rules to maximize the potential of the free market to produce results.
What part of speech is ordoliberalism?
Ordoliberalism is a noun.
How do you pronounce ordoliberalism?
Ordoliberalism is pronounced /ˌɔːdəʊˈlɪbɹəlɪz(ə)m/ (UK).

Words near ordoliberalism in the dictionary

  1. Ordnung
  2. ordo
  3. ordo amoris
  4. ordo salutis
  5. ordoliberal
  6. ordoliberalism
  7. ordoliberalist
  8. ordoliberalists
  9. ordoliberally
  10. ordoliberals
  11. Ordonez

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