capitalistic
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of capitalistic
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; capitalist + -ic
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Mr. Springsteen eventually became infamous for what some followers might consider capitalistic excess when Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing raised the price for some of his tickets to $5,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Economic expert Odhiambo Ramogi says it is all about "our capitalistic approach to life".
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
“Part of them kind of admires someone who went out and made a killing in our capitalistic society ... and walked away filthy rich,” South said of voters’ dueling impulses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
As we continued the tour, Brinkman told us that the movie's villain, the capitalistic Fox Books, modeled after Barnes & Noble, denied the production access to film in the mega bookstore's Upper West Side location.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2023
Our other favorite book was Silas Marner, We were quite capitalistic and liked the idea of Silas keeping all that gold underneath the floorboards.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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