capitalist
Origin of capitalist
1Other words from capitalist
- an·ti·cap·i·tal·ist, noun, adjective
- non·cap·i·tal·ist, noun
- pre·cap·i·tal·ist, noun, adjective
- pro·cap·i·tal·ist, noun, adjective
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How to use capitalist in a sentence
For any SPAC investors or venture capitalists worried that they’re now left out of the EV plane investment bonanza, take heart!
With a reported deal in the wings for Joby Aviation, electric aircraft soars to $10B business | Jonathan Shieber | February 12, 2021 | TechCrunchStartups as a whole raised 13% more from venture capitalists in 2020 compared to 2019, for an annual total of $150 billion, according to PitchBook data.
Female founders’ share of venture capital funding shrank to 2.2% in 2020 | Emma Hinchliffe | February 8, 2021 | FortuneThe capitalist system, she says, depends on you believing that deception.
Why You Don't Feel as Fulfilled From Your Job as You Think You Should | Eliana Dockterman | January 25, 2021 | TimeProvocatively titled Seed Investments in Insurrection, his argument was that venture capitalists needed to wrestle with their impact on democracy.
Tech is having a reckoning. Tech investors? Not so much. | Eileen Guo | January 24, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIn October, the startup announced a $3 million seed round from multiple venture capitalists.
Nothing in it was meant to change the basic operations of the capitalist economy or to intervene aggressively in class relations.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society | Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBeck is in the same position as any post-industrial capitalist entrepreneur.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really. | Ana Marie Cox | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt home, Lobanov's favorite books were those that showed the aircraft of capitalist countries like the US, Britain, and France.
The World's Most Beautiful Boat—Yours for Half a Billion Dollars | Tim Teeman | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTcapitalist-led industrial growth shifted the proportion of the population living in cities.
In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class | Joel Kotkin | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCalling capitalist ownership parasitism is an extreme position, perhaps, but one common enough among Occupiers.
Occupying the Throne: Justine Tunney, Neoreactionaries, and the New 1% | Arthur Chu | August 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTProperly applied, the capitalist and the employer of labor need have nothing to fear from it.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThe good will of that concern was, however, purchased by M. Ducroquet (a capitalist), who entrusted him with its management.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerMore than one capitalist put down his name for thirty thousand pounds.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThe suffering of individuals, of large masses, indeed, is unavoidable under capitalist conditions.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanHow boldly he acted during the Haymarket tragedy—publicly advised the use of violence to avenge the capitalist conspiracy.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
British Dictionary definitions for capitalist
/ (ˈkæpɪtəlɪst) /
a person who owns capital, esp capital invested in a business
politics a supporter of capitalism
informal, usually derogatory a rich person
of or relating to capital, capitalists, or capitalism
Derived forms of capitalist
- capitalistic, adjective
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