Economist Meaning
/ɪˈkɒn.ə.mɪst/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories.
nounOne concerned with political economy.
Sentence Examples
The economist anticipated a prolonged depression.
The economist instinctively anticipated the current depression.
He's a chief economist at an Algerian research institute.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ predicted a recession based on rising inflation rates.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ anticipated a prolonged depression.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French économiste (“household manager”). By surface analysis, economy + -ist.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month."
— 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
"The formula, which AEI economists said had “no foundation in either economic theory or trade law,” instead wrongly incorporated the elasticity for retail prices. […] However, certainty is anything but a sure thing these days, and the bread-and-butter of the US economy might not go unscathed, said RSM economist Brusuelas."
— 2025 April 9, Alicia Wallace, “The next round of Trump’s tariffs could hurt even more. Here’s what to expect”, in CNN Business:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ predicted a recession based on rising inflation rates.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ anticipated a prolonged depression.