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petrocapitalism

noun

Etymology

From petro- + capitalism.

  1. derived from *kap-✻
  2. derived from *káput✻
  3. borrowed from capitalisme — “the condition of one who is rich”
  4. prefixed as petrocapitalism — “petro + capitalism”

Definitions

  1. Those aspects of capitalism that involve the petrochemical industry.

    • For the purpose of better understanding the ensuing discussion in this chapter, petrocapitalism is said to operate successfully through an intertwined oil complex “that is territorially constituted through oil concessions”.
    • Music is not simply a passive observer of the plastic age. It is an active contributor to petrocapitalism, an agent of petroculture.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for petrocapitalism. 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