noun
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Meanings
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An expert in economics who studies how money, trade, and industry work.
Several economists predicted that prices would continue to rise.
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· an expert in economics who...
economic expert
Word family
Forms
economists
Derived forms
bioeconomistgeoeconomistmacroeconomistmicroeconomistneuroeconomistnoneconomistpharmacoeconomistsocioeconomistthermoeconomist
Related forms
economy
Etymology
From Middle French économiste (“household manager”). By surface analysis, economy + -ist.
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