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    capitalism \cap"i*tal*is`m\ (k[a^]p"[i^]*tal*[i^]z`m), n.
    An economic system based on predominantly private (individual
    or corporate) investment in and ownership of the means of
    production, distribution, and exchange of goods and wealth;
    contrasted with socialism or especially communism, in
    which the state has the predominant role in the economy.

    Syn: capitalist economy.
    [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    capitalism
    n : an economic system based on private ownership of capital
    [syn: capitalist economy] [ant: socialism]

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    24 Moby Thesaurus words for "capitalism":
    capitalistic system, finance capitalism, free competition,
    free economy, free enterprise, free trade, free-enterprise economy,
    free-enterprise system, individualism, isolationism, laissez-aller,
    laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, let-alone policy,
    let-alone principle, liberalism, noninterference, nonintervention,
    private enterprise, private ownership, private sector,
    rugged individualism, self-regulating market, state capitalism

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0


capitalist economy


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