mercantilism.

An economic approach that seeks national wealth and power through controlled trade, often favouring exports and limiting imports.

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Words that belong together

• mercantilist policy
• historical mercantilism

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The historian linked the tariffs to the government's mercantilism.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.