Meaning

2 senses
  1. Of or pertaining to capitalism or to capitalists.

    kapitalistisch

    of or relating to capitalism or capitalists

  2. Organised on a capitalist basis.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. China adopted a hardcore capitalistic economic.

  2. China has a very capitalistic free market.

  3. Algeria isn't a capitalistic market?

  4. America’s capitalistic system brims with economic possibilities but is stacked to favor the powerful and rich.

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  5. With a sad smirk, twinged with irony, Tom pondered the list of savageries he was subjected to in this capitalistic "civilization."

Translations

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By meaning 1
of or pertaining to capitalism or to capitalists:

Origin

From capitalist + -ic, probably after German kapitalistisch. Derived from Proto-Indo-Europ

From capitalist + -ic, probably after German kapitalistisch. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.

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Forms

more capitalistic, most capitalistic
Comparativemore capitalistic Lesson
Superlativemost capitalistic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

10 antonyms
anticapitalistanti-capitalistanti-capitalisticanticapitalisticnoncapitalistnon-capitalistnoncapitalisticnon-capitalisticSocialistsocialistic

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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