œconomie

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía, “management of a household, administration”). The sense 2 comes from an intentional usage of the archaic spelling.

Pronunciation

Noun

œconomie f (plural œconomies)

  1. Archaic form of économie.
  2. Renewed economy which is taking care of the biosphere and ecological problematics.
    • 2020 August 12, “« Le défi du XXIe siècle est d’assurer le bien-être de tous dans le respect de la biosphère »”, in Le Monde‎, retrieved 16 November 2024:
      Le défi du XXIe siècle est d’assurer le bien-être de tous dans le respect de la biosphère, en mobilisant pour cela tout le travail et toute la créativité humaine. C’est littéralement la définition que donnait, au XVIIIe siècle, le grand botaniste, Carl von Linné, de « l’œconomie » : les règles (nomoï) de gestion de notre espace domestique (oïkos).
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