Greenbackism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A movement advocating for the inflation of the US currency. uncountable

    "After resumption in 1879, when paper money did reach par with gold, the two bond rates remained very nearly equal for several years, until fears of inflation from Greenbackism and Free-Silverism again produced a divergence."

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"After resumption in 1879, when paper money did reach par with gold, the two bond rates remained very nearly equal for several years, until fears of inflation from Greenbackism and Free-Silverism again produced a divergence."

Etymology

From greenback + -ism.

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