capitalism
A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources, and capital and their…A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources, and capital and their exploitation for profit.
» The most terrible virus is capitalism.
Найгірший вірус — це капіталізм.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources, and capital and their exploitation for profit.
an economic system based on private ownership of capital
A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources, and capital and their exploitation for profit.
(Marxism, countable, uncountable)An economic system based on private control of the means of production and the exploitation of labour by capital.
(countable, uncountable)An economic system based on private property and the abstraction of resources into the form of privately owned capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
Kapitalismus
капитали́змkapitalízm
капіталі́змkapitalízm
Examples
111 sentencesThe most terrible virus is capitalism.
Найгірший вірус — це капіталізм.
The worst virus is capitalism.
Найгірший вірус — це капіталізм.
ruХудший вирус — это капитализм.
deDas schlimmste Virus ist der Kapitalismus.
Capitalism is poverty.
Капіталізм — це бідність.
ruКапитализм - это бедность.
Capitalism will win.
Капіталізм переможе.
Don't let capitalism undermine your soul.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French capitalisme (“the condition of one who is rich”); equivalent to capitBorrowed from French capitalisme (“the condition of one who is rich”); equivalent to capital + -ism. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. First used in English by novelist William Thackeray in The Newcomes [1854-1855].
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Forms
plural: capitalisms| Singular | capitalism |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- an economic system based on private ownership of capital:capitalist economy
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
51 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable