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ordoliberalism.

A political philosophy that emphasizes the desirability of the government establishing rules to maximize the potential of the free market to produce results.

14 characters6 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌɔːdəʊˈlɪbɹəlɪz(ə)m/Received-Pronunciation/-bəɹəl/Received-Pronunciation/ˌɔɹdoʊˈlɪbəɹəlɪzəm/General-American/-də-/General-American
  1. A political philosophy that emphasizes the desirability of the government establishing rules to maximize the potential of the free market to produce results.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Ordoliberalismus (coined in 1950 by the German economist Hero Moeller (1892–1974)), from ORDO (the name of a journal, the full title of which is ORDO — Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (ORDO – Yearbook of Economic and Social Order) + Liberalismus (“liberalism”). ORDO is derived from Latin ōrdō (“methodical arrangement, order, or series”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to fit, put together; to fix”); while Liberalismus is from French libéralisme (ultimately from Latin līber (“free, independent, unchecked, unrestricted”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; people”)) + -ismus (“suffix forming the names of schools of thought, systems, or theories”).

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