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市場原理主義 (shijougenrishugi) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

市し場じょう原げん理り主しゅ義ぎ

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Meanings

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market fundamentalism

Economic term referring to the belief that free markets can solve all problems without government intervention. Often used critically.

市し場じょう原げん理り主しゅ義ぎに基もとづく政せい策さくは、格かく差さを拡かく大だい

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恐おそ

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が

ある

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Policies based on market fundamentalism risk widening inequality.

彼かれは市し場じょう原げん理り主しゅ義ぎを批ひ判はんする論ろん文ぶんを発はっ表ぴょうした。

He published a paper criticizing market fundamentalism.

Kanji

市market, city, town
場location, place
原meadow, original, primitive
理logic, arrangement, reason
主lord, chief, master
義righteousness, justice, morality

Related words

新しん自じ由ゆう主しゅ義ぎ
Neoliberalism is a broader political-economic ideology that often includes market fundamentalism as a core tenet, but also encompasses deregulation, privatization, and reduced government spending.

Built from

市し場じょう原げん理り+主しゅ義ぎ

Etymology

Compound of 市場 (market), 原理 (principle), and 主義 (doctrine/ism). A calque from English 'market fundamentalism', likely coined in economic discourse.