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capitalist

adj
/ˈkæp.ɪ.tə.lɪst/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin capitālisbor. Old French capitalbor. Middle English capital English capital Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist ▲ French capitalistecalq. English capitalist From capital + -ist. Calque of French capitaliste.

  1. derived from capitaliste
  2. derived from capitalist From capital + -ist
  3. derived from -ist English -ist ▲ French capitalistecalq
  4. derived from -istebor
  5. derived from -istader
  6. derived from capitalbor
  7. derived from *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin capitālisbor✻
  8. derived from *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der✻

Definitions

  1. Of, or pertaining to, capitalism.

    • capitalist economy
    • capitalist countries

  2. Supporting or endorsing capitalism.

    • Well, I thank you for your question, but I have to say we're capitalist—and that is just the way it is. However, we do think that capitalism is not necessarily meeting the needs with the income inequality that we have in our country.

  3. American.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The owner of a considerable amount of capital

      The owner of a considerable amount of capital; a wealthy person.

      • It has been said that I kept a small account with Hobson Brothers, to whose bank I went, and entered the parlour with that trepidation which most poor men feel on presenting themselves before City magnates and capitalists.

    2. Someone whose wealth (capital) is invested in business ventures in order to return a…

      Someone whose wealth (capital) is invested in business ventures in order to return a profit.

      • Near-synonyms: businessman, financier, industrialist

    3. A person who is a supporter of capitalism.

      • In a world of cheap airfares, laptops, and the Internet, we proudly regard mobility as a sign of how advanced we are. Hey, we're nomadic hipster capitalists!

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Derived

anarchist capitalist, anarcho-capitalist, anarchocapitalist, anticapitalist, anti-capitalist, capitalist anarchism, capitalist anarchist, capitalist realism, capitalist roader, capitalist roadism, capitalist roadist, countercapitalist, crapitalist, crony capitalist, cybercapitalist, eco-capitalist, ecocapitalist, homocapitalist, hypercapitalist, late capitalist, neo-capitalist, neocapitalist, non-capitalist, noncapitalist, palaeocapitalist, palaeo-capitalist, paleo-capitalist, paleocapitalist, post-capitalist, postcapitalist, pre-capitalist, precapitalist, procapitalist, protocapitalist, semicapitalist, state capitalist, supercapitalist, technocapitalist, turbocapitalist, venture capitalist · +1 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for capitalist. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA