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capitalist

[ kap-i-tl-ist ]

noun

  1. a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
  2. an advocate of capitalism.
  3. a very wealthy person.


capitalist

/ ˈkæpɪtəlɪst /

noun

  1. a person who owns capital, esp capital invested in a business
  2. politics a supporter of capitalism
  3. informal.
    a rich person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. of or relating to capital, capitalists, or capitalism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌcapitalˈistic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of capitalist1

First recorded in 1785–95; capital 1 + -ist
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Example Sentences

For any SPAC investors or venture capitalists worried that they’re now left out of the EV plane investment bonanza, take heart!

Startups as a whole raised 13% more from venture capitalists in 2020 compared to 2019, for an annual total of $150 billion, according to PitchBook data.

From Fortune

The capitalist system, she says, depends on you believing that deception.

From Time

Provocatively titled Seed Investments in Insurrection, his argument was that venture capitalists needed to wrestle with their impact on democracy.

In October, the startup announced a $3 million seed round from multiple venture capitalists.

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Nothing in it was meant to change the basic operations of the capitalist economy or to intervene aggressively in class relations.

Beck is in the same position as any post-industrial capitalist entrepreneur.

At home, Lobanov's favorite books were those that showed the aircraft of capitalist countries like the US, Britain, and France.

Capitalist-led industrial growth shifted the proportion of the population living in cities.

Calling capitalist ownership parasitism is an extreme position, perhaps, but one common enough among Occupiers.

Properly applied, the capitalist and the employer of labor need have nothing to fear from it.

The good will of that concern was, however, purchased by M. Ducroquet (a capitalist), who entrusted him with its management.

More than one capitalist put down his name for thirty thousand pounds.

The suffering of individuals, of large masses, indeed, is unavoidable under capitalist conditions.

How boldly he acted during the Haymarket tragedy—publicly advised the use of violence to avenge the capitalist conspiracy.

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