Hagfræðilegt

Hagfræðilegt is an Icelandic adjective meaning “economic” or “pertaining to economics.” It is used to describe theories, analyses, data, or topics that are connected with the field of economics.

The term is formed from hagfræði (economics) with the suffix -legt, a standard way to form adjectives in Icelandic that describe characteristics or relation. Adjectives in Icelandic agree with the noun they modify in gender, number, and case, so hagfræðilegt is the neuter singular form, while other forms (hagfræðilegur, hagfræðileg, hagfræðilegar, etc.) appear for other genders and numbers.

In practice, the term hagfræðilegt is common in academic and policy contexts. It occurs in collocations such as hagfræðilegt sjónarmið (an economic perspective), hagfræðilegt efni (economic material/content), hagfræðilegt rannsóknarefni (economic research topic), and hagfræðilegar kenningar (economic theories). It is used to distinguish economic considerations from issues in other disciplines, such as sociology or political science.

The term overlaps with but is not synonymous with the broader field of economics (hagfræði). Where hagfræði denotes the discipline, hagfræðilegt describes something that belongs to or concerns that discipline. For translation, hagfræðilegt is usually rendered as “economic” or “economical” in English, depending on context.

See also hagfræði.