Meaning of capitalist in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈkæpədləst/

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  1. Noun

    capitalist

    Definitions

    1. a conservative advocate of capitalism
  2. 2. a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)

  3. Qualitative Adjective

    capitalist

    Definitions

    1. of or relating to capitalism or capitalists

    Examples

    • « a capitalist nation »
    • « capitalistic methods and incentives »
  4. 2. favoring or practicing capitalism

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Famous quotes

  • « Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. »
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  • « Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth - the soil and the labourer. »
    Karl Marx
  • « The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave. »
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