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capitalism
[ kap-i-tl-iz-uhm ]
noun
- an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.
capitalism
/ ˈ°ìæ±èɪ³Ùəˌ±ôɪ³úÉ™³¾ /
noun
- Also calledfree enterpriseprivate enterprise an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange, characterized by the freedom of capitalists to operate or manage their property for profit in competitive conditions Compare socialism
capitalism
- An economic and political system characterized by a free market for goods and services and private control of production and consumption. ( Compare socialism and communism .)
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of capitalism1
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Example Sentences
Even in the triumph of the worst, which is the age of robber barons and the age of rapacious capitalism and imperialism, even those things were being contested.
Amazon is “the poster child for over consumption and hyper capitalism,†one user wrote, telling others that “Amazon is nothing without us.â€
US President Donald Trump is a billionaire businessman who has clearly done well financially out of capitalism.
Townsend’s subversiveness serves a purpose; he is making an artistic comment on gentrification and urban renovation in Providence as well as capitalism and the unrealistic/unattainable fantasies of consumerism.
In this case, the system is capitalism, which has taken on a near-religious status to Silicon Valley's billionaire elite.
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