Word: physiocrats
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: phy
si
o
crats
Definition: Plural of physiocrat. Any of a group of economists in 18th century France who believed that the government should not seek to influence the operation of natural economic laws.
Morphemes:
Affix: physio-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: nature
Etymology Compounds: Affix: φῠ́ω
Language: grc
Decoded: phuo
Meaning: grow
Affix: -σῐς
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process
Affix: -crat
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An advocate of a specified form of government.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κράτος
Language: grc
Decoded: kratos
Meaning: power, might
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.