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capitalist
[ kap-i-tl-ist ]
capitalist
/ ˈæɪəɪ /
noun
- a person who owns capital, esp capital invested in a business
- politics a supporter of capitalism
- informal.a rich person
adjective
- of or relating to capital, capitalists, or capitalism
Derived Forms
- ˌ辱ٲˈپ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- t·i·ٲ· noun adjective
- ԴDz·i·ٲ· noun
- ·i·ٲ· noun adjective
- ·i·ٲ· noun adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of capitalist1
Example Sentences
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.
One of the vets we spoke to says he believes IVC's main goal is making money for the venture capitalists behind the company.
A combination of engrained ignorance and political interests is eroding the foundation of something that made our capitalist society possible in the first place.
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.
Pete Sessions, a Republican congressman from Texas, said Trump's tariffs had "ignited many capitalists" who were against them.
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