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Economist

//ɪˈkɒn.ə.mɪst// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories.

    "Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month."

  2. 2
    an expert in the science of economics wordnet
  3. 3
    One concerned with political economy.
  4. 4
    One who manages a household. obsolete
  5. 5
    One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste. obsolete

Etymology

From Middle French économiste (“household manager”). By surface analysis, economy + -ist.

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