capitalist
ˈkæpɪtəlɪst
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Definition of capitalist - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

1.
ideological supportfavoring private ownership and free market policies
  • She has a capitalist mindset in her business approach.
2.
politicsrelating to economies based on private ownership and markets
  • The capitalist country thrived on free markets.
free-market laissez-faire

Noun

1.
economic theorysupporter or advocate of capitalism
  • He is a well-known capitalist in political circles.
entrepreneur investor
2.
wealth ownerindividual investing in businesses for profit
  • As a capitalist, she funds several tech companies.
entrepreneur financier investor
3.
wealthy personperson owning significant capital or wealth
  • The capitalist invested heavily in the new startup.
investor magnate tycoon
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Expressions with capitalist

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investor making money from companies in serious trouble
The vulture capitalist bought the failing company for cheap.
person who supports capitalism
He was labeled a capitalist pig for his economic views.
economic system with private ownership of capital goods
A capitalist economy encourages innovation through competition.
person or firm investing in new businesses
A venture capitalist backed the new restaurant chain.
relating to advanced, global, and consumer-driven capitalism
Many trends in art are responses to late capitalist society.
advocate of a stateless society with free markets
As an anarcho-capitalist, she supports the idea of voluntary transactions without government intervention.

Origin of capitalist

Latin, capitalis (head) + -ist (suffix)

Terms with capitalist included in their meaning

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politics
supporting conservative or capitalist political views
business
capitalist exploiting the working class
Marxism
capitalist class owning production means
capitalist economy
recurrent fluctuation between boom and depression
politics
relating to a political ideology advocating social justice within a capitalist framework
political metaphor
barrier based on political differences, especially between communist and capitalist states
social class
class of wage-earners in a capitalist society who own no property
Marxism
chaotic nature of production in capitalist economies

Examples of capitalist in a sentence

  • The capitalist policies favored large corporations.
  • The capitalist system encourages competition.
  • They studied capitalist economies in school.
  • The capitalist invested heavily in new technologies.
  • As a capitalist, he opposed the new regulations.
  • The capitalist invested heavily in renewable energy.

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  1. French:capitaliste, investisseur, ...
  2. German:kapitalistisch, Kapitalist, ...
  3. Italian:capitalista, investitore, ...
  4. Spanish:capitalista, inversionista, ...
  5. Portuguese:capitalista, econômico, ...
  6. Chinese:资本主义的, 资本主义者, ...
  7. Japanese:資本主義的な, 資本家, ...
  8. Arabic:رَأْسْمَالِي, رَأْسْمَالِيّ, ...
  9. Hebrew:קַפִּיטָלִיסְטִי, קַפִּיטָלִיסְט, ...
  10. Russian:капиталистический, капиталист, ...
  11. Ukrainian:капіталістичний, капіталіст, ...
  12. Hindi:पूँजीवादी, पूँजीवाद समर्थक, ...
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