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capitalist
[
kap
-i-tl-ist
]
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The case for Capitalism
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Capitalism is a social system based on individual rights
Capitalist
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cap·i·tal·ist
/
ˈkæp
ɪ
tl
ɪst
/
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[
kap
-i-tl-ist
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
a person who has
capital
,
especially extensive
capital
,
invested in business enterprises.
2.
an advocate of
capitalism
.
3.
a very wealthy person.
Origin:
1785–95;
capital
1
+
-ist
Related forms
an·ti·cap·i·tal·ist,
noun, adjective
non·cap·i·tal·ist,
noun
pre·cap·i·tal·ist,
noun, adjective
pro·cap·i·tal·ist,
noun, adjective
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Alternative paths to
capitalist
success have only multiplied in recent years.
He has also been a high-tech entrepreneur and a venture
capitalist
.
When the merchant extended his traffic in the exchange market to enter the credit market, he became a banker”-and a
capitalist
.
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Alternative paths to
capitalist
success have only multiplied in recent years.
He has also been a high-tech entrepreneur and a venture
capitalist
.
When the merchant extended his traffic in the exchange market to enter the credit market, he became a banker”-and a
capitalist
.
Perhaps every revolution, even a
capitalist
one, eats its children.
The
capitalist
system would remain in so far as it is necessary to have ambition, drive, and enthusiasm for the new way forward.
Excellent strategy-you never know if there's a venture
capitalist
hiding behind that fanny pack.
Rather than millions in funding, however, first prize was a one-on-one mentoring session with a venture
capitalist
.
If all goes well and a venture
capitalist
is interested in working with you, a term sheet will be issued.
Capitalist
logic, ie the motion of capital does not ask such questions nor does it care to answer them.
If they volunteered to help or spoke about how someone should help the poor
capitalist
roader, they might be the next in line.
You're a tiny cog in the
capitalist
machine that's destroying the planet-and your own soul.
Consumption is not some sort of money driven
capitalist
evil.
One thing every venture
capitalist
thinks about on the way in: how to cash out.
I've always thought of money as the blood that keeps the
capitalist
system alive.
One greedy gouging
capitalist
helping to bring down a cohort of fellow greed-monsters.
In two decades, private-equity firms have moved from the outer fringe to the centre of the
capitalist
system.
The globe has one superpower, and that superpower has to choose to be either a moral superpower or a
capitalist
superpower.
If you really want to take the
capitalist
perspective, let's make it fee for service entirely.
Tycoons have traditionally discovered their inner saint only after exorcising the inner
capitalist
.
I've never met a
capitalist
who wasn't strongly committed to the idea of managed markets.
But the left, which might have expected to have benefited from a
capitalist
meltdown, is no better off.
The cleanest places on the planet are the
capitalist
nations.
It is not the environmentalist that are hindering nuclear power it is the
capitalist
.
The
capitalist
system as it is now known, will soon be a thing oof the past.
In our one-dimensional,
capitalist
age, the holistic view of how the world works rarely comes into play.
There is a growing tendency to cross the limits of sustainable greed which can be developed in a
capitalist
economy.
There's no free lunch in a
capitalist
corporate state.
It is not the environmentalist that killed off the nuclear power industry it is the
capitalist
.
The
capitalist
economy mirrors nature better than any other.
If your device works as you claim and it's reasonably priced, you need to approach a venture
capitalist
.
In nearly every
capitalist
country, moreover, the free market has sat down with the regulators.
The payment offers an undue incentive, coercion that pits abject poverty against a global
capitalist
enterprise.
The
capitalist
and social reformer will gain influence as a proponent of the humane.
For as long as that were true, the
capitalist
enclaves could grow without wages rising:.
Shell sound as if they would rather be venture
capitalist
s than money managers''In a
capitalist
society like.
The enemy was either indifferent
capitalist
forces or mind-controlling big government.
The prophet of capitalism's creative powers also understood the precariousness of the
capitalist
achievement.
It recently scored some big new venture
capitalist
funding.
They also recommended exploiting the differences between the two
capitalist
powers.
But normal
capitalist
firms will continue to co-exist with them.
According to traditional
capitalist
thinking, of course, this made no economic sense.
It was a scathing send-up of our post-modern
capitalist
society.
It is hard to square the view that government is always an economic menace with the long history of
capitalist
development.
They turn to blood thirsty
capitalist
schools for a lack of options.
For all intents and purposes, no one is a
capitalist
or a socialist.
Google is playing venture
capitalist
in the hottest market for technology start-up companies in over a decade.
Now he is stirring things up again as a venture
capitalist
.
Maybe the
capitalist
system should carry a lot of the blame for the current situation.
The resulting gap between exceptionalist rhetoric and
capitalist
reality is growing.
He's had months to collect venture
capitalist
investors.
Its a discussion about ignoring real science to advance a socialist, anti
capitalist
agenda.
He peddles stories of the problems with the
capitalist
system while growing rich because of.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
capitalist
(ˈkæpɪtəlɪst)
—
n
1.
a person who owns capital, esp capital invested in a business
2.
politics
a supporter of capitalism
3.
informal
,
derogatory
usually
a rich person
—
adj
4.
of or relating to capital, capitalists, or capitalism
capital'istic
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
capitalist
1791, from Fr. capitaliste, a coinage of the Revolution and a term of reproach; see
capital
. Capitalistic is from 1873.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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