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CAPITALISTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does capitalistic mean?
• CAPITALISTIC (adjective)
The adjective CAPITALISTIC has 2 senses:
1. favoring or practicing capitalism
2. of or relating to capitalism or capitalists
Familiarity information: CAPITALISTIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Favoring or practicing capitalism
Synonyms:
capitalist; capitalistic
Similar:
bourgeois ((according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class)
competitive; free-enterprise; private-enterprise (subscribing to capitalistic competition)
individualistic; laissez-faire (with minimally restricted freedom in commerce)
Antonym:
socialistic (advocating or following the socialist principles)
Derivation:
capitalism (an economic system based on private ownership of capital)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to capitalism or capitalists
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
capitalist; capitalistic
Context example:
capitalistic methods and incentives
Pertainym:
capitalism (an economic system based on private ownership of capital)
Derivation:
capitalism (an economic system based on private ownership of capital)
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