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Webster 1913 Edition


Physiocrat

Phys′i-o-crat

(fĭz′ĭ-ō̍-krăt)
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Noun.
[Gr.
φύσισ
nature +
κρατεῖν
to rule.]
One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order.
F. A. Walker.
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Physˊi-o-crat′ic
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Adj.