Economic
[,iːkə'nɒmɪk;ek-] or [,ikə'nɑmɪk]
Definition
(adj.) using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; 'an economic use of home heating oil'; 'a modern economical heating system'; 'an economical use of her time' .
(adj.) financially rewarding; 'it was no longer economic to keep the factory open'; 'have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service' .
(adj.) concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money); 'he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons'; 'gave up the large house for economic reasons'; 'in economic terms they are very privileged' .
(adj.) of or relating to the science of economics; 'economic theory' .
(adj.) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; 'economic growth'; 'aspects of social, political, and economical life' .
Inputed by Katherine--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Alt. of Economical
Editor: Nancy
Examples
- In childhood and youth, with their relative freedom from economic stress, this fact is naked and unconcealed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Of course you will find plenty of socialists who see other issues and who smile a bit at the rigors of economic determinism. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- So that the progress of future inventions depends on the outcome of the great economic, industrial, and social battles which are now looming on the pathway of the future. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Economic history deals with the activities, the career, and fortunes of the common man as does no other branch of history. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But some sense that perhaps the economic man is not a self-evident creature seems to have touched our author. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I have heard professors reply that it wasn't their business to discuss human nature but to record and interpret economic and political facts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The economic conflicts are at once raised to a plane of research, experiment and honest deliberation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Start anywhere, with an orthodox socialist and he will lead you to this supreme economic situation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As this causes a loud repetition of the original signals, it will be seen that relaying is an economic method of extending a telegraph circuit beyond the natural limits of its battery power. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But its use had been growing; it was providing a fluid medium for trade and enterprise, and changing economic conditions profoundly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Effect of Economic, Industrial and Social Life upon Inventions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Economic activities deeply influence social intercourse and political organization on one side, and reflect physical conditions on the other. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The economic revolution has stimulated science by setting problems for solution, by producing greater intellectual respect for mechanical appliances. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- They appeal to history for confirmation: have not all social changes, they ask, meant the emergence of a new economic class until it dominated society? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Moreover, the majority of human beings still lack economic freedom. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Here was an economic tendency of revolutionary significance--the organization of business in a way that was bound to change the outlook of a whole nation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The workers may protest, but industrial progress demands the more economic method. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Differences of economic opportunity then dictate what the future callings of individuals are to be. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Profound economic forces brought about the beginning of the end of chattel slavery. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And that poverty is deeply bound up with the economic system under which we live. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- With hundreds of others I was supposed to found my economic understanding upon it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There is, however, grave danger that in insisting upon this end, existing economic conditions and standards will be accepted as final. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In the Southern States the race issue has been thrust forward persistently to prevent an economic alignment. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- For example, the one thousand species of plants of which he makes mention a re considered from the medicinal or from the economic point of view. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The socialists knew from experience that sex views cut across economic ones--that a new interest breaks up the alignment. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I venture to suggest that much of what is called corruption is the odor of a decaying political system done to death by an economic growth. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Perhaps no single factor of modern life has so great an economic value. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The future is explained by the economic and social institutions which were present at its birth: the trust and the labor union, all the movements and institutions, will condition it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There may be tragic economic struggles, grim grapplings of race with race and class with class. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Profound doubts of the system of government and of the liberties of many forms of property in the economic system spread throughout the social body. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Nancy