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adjectiveSmithian (comparative more Smithian, superlative most Smithian)
comparative more Smithian · superlative most Smithian
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a person bearing the surname Smith.
- economicsOf or characteristic of the theories of the political economist Adam Smith (1723–1790).
Smith's ideas inform Austen's most beloved novel too. In Pride and Prejudice, the idea of pride is Smithian.
2025 May 17, Henry Oliver, “Without prejudice”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 181 more example
[One economic phenomenon driving growth] is what is known as “Smithian growth”—the gains from trade and specialization.
2026, Joel Mokyr, “Nobel Lecture: The Past and Future of Innovation: Can Progress Be Sustained?”, in American Economic Review, volume 116, number 7, →DOI, pages 2299–2323 - geographyOf a regional geological stage of the Early Triassic epoch (249.7 – 247.4 Ma; preceded by the Dienerian and followed by the Spathian).
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