Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In homeopathy, one who advocates the medicinal use of drugs in a diluted or attenuated state.
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- noun dated One who follows the
homeopathic practice ofdiluting remedies .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Certainly, that must satisfy the dilutionist critics, right?
Matthew Yglesias » Harold Ford Calls for Immediate Tax Cuts, Immediate Deficit Reduction 2010
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Certainly, that must satisfy the dilutionist critics, right?
Matthew Yglesias » Harold Ford Calls for Immediate Tax Cuts, Immediate Deficit Reduction 2010
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You can add the Rothbard book to the list of scholarly books and articles that the well-unread money dilutionist, Keynesian and/or “progressive” must fastidiously and meticulously avoid and ignore at all costs.
Matthew Yglesias » Fama: Bank Failures Could Have Been Sorted Out “In a Week or Two” 2010
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On the other hand, during my second or third visit to New York I called on Dr. Edward Bayard, who was a high dilutionist.
Personal Experience of a Physician Ellis, John, 1815-1896 1892
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For we were treated by a homoeopathic doctor of the old school, who was a high-dilutionist, and mortal ills could never get a firm grip on us.
Hawthorne and His Circle Julian Hawthorne 1890
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