capitalist
/ˈkæp.ɪ.tə.lɪst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, or pertaining to, capitalism.
adj
adj
American.
noun
The owner of a considerable amount of capital; a wealthy person.
noun
Someone whose wealth (capital) is invested in business ventures in order to return a profit.
noun
A person who is a supporter of capitalism.
Example Sentences
- "capitalist economy"
- "capitalist countries"
- "He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair."
- "This is a capitalist society. It’s a fatalistic mantra that seems to get repeated to anyone who questions why America can’t be more fair or equal. But around the world, there are many types of capitalist societies, ranging from liberating to exploitative, protective to abusive, democratic to unregulated."
- "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."
- "Very little of capital acquired in commerce is directed towards agriculture, save where a wealthy capitalist purchases lands for his own use; but it is seldom, if ever, applied to the improvement of the country, in the hands of the original landholders."
Etymology
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? 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 *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist ▲ French capitalistecalq. English capitalist From capital + -ist. Calque of French capitaliste.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
anarchocapitalist
anticapitalist
countercapitalist
crapitalist
cybercapitalist
ecocapitalist
homocapitalist
hypercapitalist
neocapitalist
noncapitalist
palaeocapitalist
paleocapitalist