English Explanatory Dictionary

dismal science

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Economics or the field of political economy.

Pronunciation

en-au-dismal science.ogg

Word forms

dismal science dismal sciences

Etymology

Coined by Thomas Carlyle in 1849, a play on gay science (“poetry”).

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