financialization

[ fi-nan-shuh-luh-zey-shuhn, fahy‐ ]
/ fɪˈnæn ʃə ləˈzeɪ ʃən, faɪ‐ /

noun

an increase in the role of financial institutions, markets, and executives in a nation’s economy, and its subsequent dominance over the traditional economics of industry and agriculture: The forces of modern financialization have become irresistible.

Origin of financialization

First recorded in 1970–75; financial + -ization

OTHER WORDS FROM financialization

fi·nan·cial·ize, verb (used with or without object), fi·nan·cial·ized, fi·nan·cial·iz·ing.

Words nearby financialization

financial services authority, financial times industrial ordinary share index, financial times stock exchange 100 index, financial times stock exchange eurotrack 100 index, financial year, financialization, financier, financing, financing gap, financière, finasteride