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physiocrat

[ fiz-ee-uh-krat ]

noun

  1. one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.


physiocrat

/ ˌfɪzɪˈɒkrəsɪ; ˈfɪzɪəʊˌkræt /

noun

  1. a follower of Quesnay's doctrines of government, believing that the inherent natural order governing society was based on land and its natural products as the only true form of wealth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌphysioˈcratic, adjective
  • physiocracy, noun
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Other Words From

  • physi·o·cratic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of physiocrat1

From the French word physiocrate, dating back to 1790–1800. See physio-, -crat
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Word History and Origins

Origin of physiocrat1

C18: from French physiocrate; see physio- , -crat
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Example Sentences

The rapid industrialization of the United States had greatly alarmed the old Physiocrat.

Furthermore, the old Physiocrat predicted that if the United States ever followed such a policy, they would lose their prestige as a democratic and peaceful nation.

The answer of Jefferson has unfortunately disappeared and was probably destroyed by Du Pont; but another letter of the old Physiocrat permits us to reconstruct its contents.

So wrote the supposed agrarian to the founder of physiocracy, and this is a prima facie evidence that Jefferson was not a Physiocrat of the first water.

To a physiocrat the wealth of a community was increased not by money, but by an abundant produce from its own soil.

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