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Meaning of greenbackism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A movement advocating for the inflation of the US currency.

uncountable

Examples

“After resumption in 1879, when paper money did reach⟳ par with gold, the two bond rates remained very nearly equal for several years, until fears of inflation from Greenbackism and Free-Silverism again produced a divergence.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Greenbank greenbark Greenbaum greenbeard Greenbelt Greenberg

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