Friedmanite

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noun

A supporter of Friedmanian economics.

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Meanings

nounFriedmanite (plural Friedmanites)

plural Friedmanites

  1. A supporter of Friedmanian economics.

    If I'd believed in all their policies, [...] I would've been a Keynesian and a Friedmanite, a grammar school preserver and destroyer, a nationalisation freak and a privatisation maniac; but above all, I would have been a stark-staring raving schizophrenic! (laugh track).

    1980 March 3, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Whisky Priest”, in Yes, Minister, season 3, episode 20, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne)

Origin

From Friedman + -ite.

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APA

Friedmanite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Friedmanite

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“Friedmanite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Friedmanite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Friedmanite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Friedmanite.

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