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capitalist

[ kap-i-tl-ist ]

noun

  1. a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
  2. an advocate of capitalism.
  3. a very wealthy person.


capitalist

/ ˈæɪəɪ /

noun

  1. a person who owns capital, esp capital invested in a business
  2. politics a supporter of capitalism
  3. informal.
    a rich person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to capital, capitalists, or capitalism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ辱ٲˈپ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • t·i·ٲ· noun adjective
  • ԴDz·i·ٲ· noun
  • ·i·ٲ· noun adjective
  • ·i·ٲ· noun adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of capitalist1

First recorded in 1785–95; capital 1 + -ist
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He is a product with a serial number, an object of capitalist technological “innovation” and a sociopathic ethos where profits are more important than people and life itself.

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One of the vets we spoke to says he believes IVC's main goal is making money for the venture capitalists behind the company.

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A combination of engrained ignorance and political interests is eroding the foundation of something that made our capitalist society possible in the first place.

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These technologies, when released into capitalism, are immediately deployed to create forms of alienation, extraction and hyper-profit to create conditions in which corporations and capitalists can move with ease and accelerate their work.

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Pete Sessions, a Republican congressman from Texas, said Trump's tariffs had "ignited many capitalists" who were against them.

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