economicとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle French economique, from Latin oeconomicus, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομικός (oikonomikós, “skilled with household management”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/, /ˌɛkəˈnɒmɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk/
• 韻: -ɒmɪk

形容詞

economic (comparative more economic, superlative most economic)

1. Pertaining to an economy.
   • 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

     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.

   • 2021 January 7, Charles Hugh Smith, The Tyranny Nobody Talks About‎^[1]:

     There is much talk of tyranny in the political realm, but little is said about the tyrannies in the economic realm, a primary one being the tyranny of high costs: high costs crush the economy from within and enslave those attempting to start enterprises or keep their businesses afloat.

2. Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value); economical.
3. Pertaining to the study of money and its movement.
4. (obsolete) Pertaining to the management of a household
   • 1714 [1599], John Davies, Nahum Tate, editor, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul‎^[2], Second edition, London: Hammond Banks, page 64:

     And doth employ her Oeconomick Art, and buisy Care, her Houshold to preserve

使用する際の注意点

Modern usage prefers economic when describing the economy of a region or country (かつ when referring to personal または family budgeting).
Economical is preferred when referring to thrift or value for money.

派生語

関連する語

• economise
• economize

アナグラム

• oncomice