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Hamiltonism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The economic policy attributed to Alexander Hamilton.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1954, L. M. Hacker, “The Anticapitalist Bias of American Historians,” in Capitalism and the Historians, Friedrich A Hayek ed. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0226320723&id=Z80ZQbpaD8UC&pg=RA1-PA84&lpg=RA1-PA84&sig=gZMnjufIPytwIAUuEn2Nmf8z7TU Politically, to these leveling historians, Hamiltonism was evil; and by the same token a moral and not an economic judgment is passed on his extraordinary achievements.

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Etymology

Etymology tree English Hamilton Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Hamiltonism From Hamilton + -ism.