PHYSIOCRAT DEFINITIONS - 3 definitions found
physiocrat psychotria Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) physiocrat noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: French physiocrate, from physi- physi- + -crate -crat Date: 1798 a member of a school of political economists founded in 18th century France and characterized chiefly by a belief that government policy should not interfere with the operation of natural economic laws and that land is the source of all wealth • physiocratic adjective, often capitalized Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Physiocrat \Phys"i*o*crat\, n. [Gr. fy`sis nature + ? to rule.] One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order. --F. A. Walker. -- Phys`i*o*crat"ic, a. |
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