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cameralism

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cam⋅er⋅a⋅list

[kam-er-uh-list, kam-ruh-]
–noun
any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.

Origin:
< G Kameralist < NL cameralista, equiv. to ML camerāl(is) (see cameral ) + -ista -ist


cam⋅er⋅a⋅lism, noun
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