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UK
/kˈæpɪtəlˌɪzəm/
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[ US /ˈkæpɪtəˌɫɪzəm/ ]
[ US /ˈkæpɪtəˌɫɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
- an economic system based on private ownership of capital
How To Use capitalism In A Sentence
- The state has also passed laws that are inimical to the short-term interests of particular capitalists, but necessary in the longer-term interests of capitalism itself - for example, health and safety legislation.
- The Russian Revolution itself was but one episode in the transition from capitalism to socialism.
- Many people confuse the workings of capitalism that lead to lower costs and greater profits with free trade.
- It's said that only the united power of industrial workers can crush capitalism.
- Liberal proponents of American Values praise the freedom that opens the floodgates to gay marriage and pornography; conservatives, the liberty unleashing that locust plague called unrestrained capitalism; neo-conservatives the license for lying, murderous Machtpolitik. Founding Fathers vs. Church Fathers
- This is the basic economic pattern of patriarchy, which is a different thing to capitalism.
- Japan's unique form of capitalism, based as it is on huge industrial groups called keiretsu, is beginning to fade. Japan's Young Slackers
- As Third World capitalism develops, the working class is destined to play its classic revolutionary role.
- But the latest tradition in American capitalism is self-reward the CxOs with lots of bonuses no matter how they do, while laying off and exporting American jobs. Think Progress » FACT CHECK: Combating Global Warming Does Not Require ‘Economic Castration’
- The dialogue between Gandhi and Nehru on industrialism, socialism and capitalism dates back to 1928.