monetarism

UK: /ˈmʌnɪtərɪzəm/

US: /ˈmɑnɪtəˌrɪzəm, ˈmʌn-/

US: (mon′i tə riz′əm, mun′-)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

mon•e•ta•rism /ˈmɑnɪtəˌrɪzəm, ˈmʌn-/   n. [uncountable]

1. Economics, Business an economic doctrine holding that changes in the money supply determine the direction of a nation's economy.

mon•e•ta•rist, n. [countable] , adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mon•e•ta•rism  (mon′i tə riz′əm, mun′-), n. [Econ.]

1. Economics, Business a doctrine holding that changes in the money supply determine the direction of a nation's economy.

• monetar(y) + -ism 1965–70, American.

mon′e•ta•rist, n., adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

monetarism / ˈmʌnɪtəˌrɪzəm/ noun

1. the theory that inflation is caused by an excess quantity of money in an economy
2. an economic policy based on this theory and on a belief in the efficiency of free market forces, that gives priority to achieving price stability by monetary control, balanced budgets, etc, and maintains that unemployment results from excessive real wage rates and cannot be controlled by Keynesian demand management

ˈmonetarist noun , adjective