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Capitalism vs Capitalist - What's the difference?

capitalism | capitalist |

As nouns the difference between capitalism and capitalist

is that capitalism is (politics|uncountable) 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 while capitalist is a person who is a supporter of capitalism ().

As a adjective capitalist is

of, or pertaining to, capitalism.

capitalism

English

Noun

  • (politics, uncountable) 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.
  • (economics, uncountable) 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.
  • (countable) a specific variation or implementation of either such socio-economic system.

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    * (wikipedia) English words suffixed with -ism

    capitalist

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or pertaining to, capitalism.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
    • , author=John T. Jost , title=Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)? , volume=100, issue=2, page=162 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.}}
    capitalist''' economy''; '''''capitalist countries .
  • Supporting or endorsing capitalism.
    • capitalist pigs .

    Synonyms

    * capitalistic

    Antonyms

    * non-capitalist

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is a supporter of capitalism ().
  • An owner of (considerable amount of) capital ().
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists , but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. …”}}

    Related terms

    * chapiter * capital * capitalism * capitalistic * chapter

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