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cap·i·tal·ism

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–noun

an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.

[Origin: 1850–55; capital¹ + -ism

]

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cap·i·tal·ism Audio Help (kāp'ĭ-tl-ĭz'əm) Pronunciation Key
n. An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and development is proportionate to the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market.

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capitalism
noun
an economic system based on private ownership of capital [ant: socialism]

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ˈcapitalism noun

a system of economics in which money and business are controlled by capitalists

Arabic:	الرأسْماليّّه
Chinese (Simplified):	资本主义
Chinese (Traditional):	資本主義
Czech:	kapitalismus
Danish:	kapitalisme
Dutch:	kapitalisme
Estonian:	kapitalism
Finnish:	kapitalismi
French:	capitalisme
German:	der Kapitalismus
Greek:	καπιταλισμός
Hungarian:	kapitalizmus
Icelandic:	kapítalismi
Indonesian:	kapitalisme
Italian:	capitalismo

Japanese:	資本主義
Korean:	자본주의
Latvian:	kapitālisms
Lithuanian:	kapitalizmas
Norwegian:	kapitalisme
Polish:	kapitalizm
Portuguese (Brazil):	capitalismo
Portuguese (Portugal):	capitalismo
Romanian:	capitalism
Russian:	капитализм
Slovak:	kapitalizmus
Slovenian:	kapitalizem
Spanish:	capitalismo
Swedish:	kapitalism
Turkish:	kapitalizm, anamalcılık

See also: capital, capitalist

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
capitalism

An economic and political system characterized by a free market for goods and services and private control of production and consumption. (Compare socialism and communism.)

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