Meaning

3 senses
  1. (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

  2. 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.

  3. (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 sentences
  1. The most terrible virus is capitalism.

    Найгірший вірус — це капіталізм. — User55521

  2. The worst virus is capitalism.

    Найгірший вірус — це капіталізм. — User55521

    ruХудший вирус — это капитализм. — User55521

    deDas schlimmste Virus ist der Kapitalismus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Capitalism is poverty.

    Капіталізм — це бідність. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

    ruКапитализм - это бедность. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR

  4. Capitalism will win.

    Капіталізм переможе. — deniko

  5. Don't let capitalism undermine your soul.

Translations

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socio-economic system based on private property rights:
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socio-economic system based on private property rights:
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socio-economic system based on private property rights:

Origin

Borrowed from French capitalisme (“the condition of one who is rich”); equivalent to capit

Borrowed 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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