market citizen

/ˈmɑːrkɪt ˈsɪtɪzn/

noun

The privileged status of anyone exploiting the specific individual rights of the European single market, having effectively a kind of depoliticized citizenship as a form of purely economic communitarization.

OriginGerman Marktbürger →
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Meanings

nounmarket citizen (plural market citizens)

plural market citizens

  1. The privileged status of anyone exploiting the specific individual rights of the European single market, having effectively a kind of depoliticized citizenship as a form of purely economic communitarization.

Origin

  1. GermanMarktbürger
  2. Englishmarket citizen

Calque of German Marktbürger.

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APA

market citizen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/market%20citizen

MLA

“market citizen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/market%20citizen. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “market citizen,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/market%20citizen.

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