capitalist

Word family

cap·i·tal·ist1 /ˈkæpɪtl-ɪst/ noun [countableC]

1. PGRICHsomeone who supports capitalism 资本主义者 → communist, socialist

2. BBsomeone who owns or controls a lot of money and lends it to businesses, banks etc to produce more wealth 资本家

→ venture capitalist at venture capital

Examples from the Corpus

capitalist• The relationship between capitalist and wage labourer is defined as an equal exchange.• First, if partially successful, it will lead to a big profits boom for the capitalists.• The difference between the two is the surplus value which the capitalist can extract from the workers.• the capitalists of the West• The capitalist can give them nothing that they need.• But venture capitalists are swooping in like vultures.• Is it backed by sophisticated venture capitalists?• In other words, capitalists must prosper if there is to be progress and landlords can not help reaping its fruits.

Related topics: Economics

capitalist2 (also capitalistic /ˌkæpətlˈɪstɪk◂/) adjectiveadj

PEusing or supporting capitalism 资本主义的 → communist, socialist

the capitalist system

资本主义制度

Examples from the Corpus

capitalist• Capital is privately owned by a minority, the capitalist class.• the seven richest capitalist countries• The degree of capitalist development implied the momentum of a bourgeois revolution.• What happened in the 1970s was capitalist greed.• Skepticism is part and parcel of the capitalist ideology.• In these ways, argues Marx, capitalist manufacturing exploits workers' labour-power and craft skills.• More limited forms of resistance such as normal trade union activity do not alter the fundamental relationships of class inequality in capitalist society.• Members of capitalist systems tend to take such discrimination for granted but the logic of the exercise is far from obvious.• This refers to the professionals and white-collar workers whose earnings are linked to their skills and qualifications rather than capitalist ventures.

From Longman Business Dictionary

capitalistcap·i·tal·ist1 /ˈkæpɪtl-ɪst/ noun [countableC]

1ECONOMICSsomeone who supports capitalism

The country has really changed; it’s OK to be a capitalist now.

2FINANCEsomeone who owns or controls a lot of money and lends it to businesses to create more wealth

The country has finally captured foreign capitalists’ attention, if not yet their investment.

capitalistcapitalist2 (also capitalistic) adjectiveadjECONOMICS

using or supporting capitalism

leaders of the Group of Seven largest capitalist democracies

Beijing agreed to maintain Hong Kong’s capitalist system for at least 50 years.