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dismal science

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Source Word

dismal science

derogatory humorous idiomatic sometimes usually with-definite-article

(idiomatic, sometimes derogatory, sometimes humorous, usually with "the") Economics or the field of political economy.

Japanese Meaning

経済学、または政治経済学。特に「the dismal science」といった表現で用いられ、皮肉的または冗談めかして経済学を指すことがある。

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Many students dismiss the dismal science until they see how it explains real-world problems.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

多くの学生は経済学を軽視しますが、現実の問題をどのように説明するかを見て初めてその重要性に気づきます。

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(idiomatic, sometimes derogatory, sometimes humorous, usually with "the") Economics or the field of political economy.

[N]ot a "gay science," but a rueful—which finds the secret of this universe in "supply and demand" . . . a dreary, desolate and, indeed, quite abject and distressing one; what we might call, by way of eminence, the dismal science.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

dismal sciences

（ plural ）

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