bocconiano

relating to Bocconi University

adjective bok-koh-NYAH-noh Rare

Usage Note

Bocconiano derives from Bocconi, the prestigious Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan, Italy's leading business and economics university. It refers to graduates, students, faculty, or the academic culture associated with Bocconi. In Italian public discourse it often carries connotations of technocratic, free-market economic thinking, as many prominent Italian economists and politicians are Bocconi alumni.

Examples

"Ha un approccio tipicamente bocconiano all'economia."

Natural Translation

He has a typically Bocconi-style approach to economics.

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