capitalism

Meanings

Plural: capitalisms

Noun

• an economic system based on private ownership of capital
• A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources or capital.
• An economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.
• A socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
• An economic system based on the abstraction of resources into the form of privately owned capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.

Synonyms

capitalist economy

Antonyms

socialism

Related Words

authoritarianism, bolshevism, Bolshevism, Bushism, capital, capitalist, capitalistic, capitalistically, Clintonism, collectivism, communism, Communism, conservatism, Fascism, fascism, Gorbachevism, individualism, Khrushchevism, Leninism, liberalism, Maoism, Marxism, Marxism-Leninism, progressivism, Reaganism, Rooseveltism, socialism, Stalinism, Thatcherism, Titoism, totalitarianism, Trotskyism, Trudeauism, Trumpism