mercatorism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The tendency of transnational commerce to operate outside any system of national laws, making use, instead, of a system of arbitration.

Word forms

mercatorism

Etymology

From Latin mercator (“merchant, trader”) + -ism.

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