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How to pronounce capitalism in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms capitalist economy
Type of free enterprise, laissez-faire economy, market economy, private enterprise
Has types venture capitalism
Derivation capitalist, capitalistic

Examples of capitalism

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Beatty argues that the competitive market has supplanted cooperative capitalism.
From the businessweek.com
At election time, whoever wins, we get liberal capitalism and liberal democracy.
From the guardian.co.uk
He is a shining example of capitalism at it's best, the american dream realised.
From the bbc.co.uk
Capitalism is not much loved, even in the parts of the world it has served best.
From the theatlantic.com
President-elect Barack Obama has the opportunity to reshape American capitalism.
From the washingtonpost.com
Providing for the poor and needy is not socialism, but compassionate capitalism.
From the sacbee.com
Some degree of business failure, to be sure, is an essential part of capitalism.
From the time.com
He helped save capitalism from its most serious challenge, the Great Depression.
From the time.com
However, I do not believe that this crisis represents the failure of capitalism.
From the usatoday.com
More examples
  • An economic system based on private ownership of capital
  • (capitalist) a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
  • (capitalistic) favoring or practicing capitalism
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  • (CAPITALIST) investor (one's own money or after the market formed, of others' money
  • (Capitalist) A person who makes his/her living primarily from owning the means of production and/or exploiting labor. More
  • (Capitalist) In this context, I mean quite literally the traditional definition of a capitalist: the person who exploits labour (who are paid wages) for profit.