capitalism
/ˈkapɪt(ə)lɪz(ə)m
/noun [mass noun]
An economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state: an era of free-market capitalism private ownership is a key feature of capitalism...
- Lenin says we have to confront capitalism at a political, not just an economic, level.
- Marx argued that capitalism could not be patched up to make it a fair system.
- Under capitalism all profit is ultimately the result of the exploitation of the workers.
Synonyms
private enterprise, free enterprise, private ownership, privatized industries, the free market, individualism;
laissez-faire
- bouncing castle
- bouncy
- bouncy castle
- bound
- boundary
- boundary condition
- boundary layer
- boundary rider
- boundary umpire
- boundary value
- Boundary Waters
- bounden
- bounder
- bound form
- boundless
- boundlessly
- boundlessness
- bound up in
- bound up with (or in)
- bounteous
- bounteously
- bounteousness
- bountiful
- bountifully
- bounty