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physiocrat

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physiocrat [ˈfɪzɪəʊˌkræt]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a follower of Quesnay's doctrines of government, believing that the inherent natural order governing society was based on land and its natural products as the only true form of wealth
[from French physiocrate; see physio-, -crat]
physiocracy  [ˌfɪzɪˈɒkrəsɪ] n
physiocratic  adj
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