Capitalism

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  • noun. An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and development occurs through the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of having capital or property; possession of capital.
  • noun. The concentration or massing of capital in the hands of a few; also, the power or influence of large or combined capital.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An economic system based on predominantly private (individual or corporate) investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of goods and wealth; contrasted with socialism or especially communism, in which the state has the predominant role in the economy.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
  • noun. a socio-economic system based on 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.
  • noun. a specific variation or implementation of either such socio-economic system.
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  • noun. an economic system based on private ownership of capital
    • Word Usage
    "He told them never to use the word "capitalism" -- it has now been made a dirty word by the Occupy movement, he said."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    communism  socialism  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    free enterprise  laissez-faire economy  market economy  private enterprise  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    venture capitalism  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anarchy  bourgeoisie  civilisation  civilization  communism  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    capitalist economy  capitalistic system  finance capitalism  free competition  free economy  
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