capitalism

English

Etymology

From French capitalisme (“the condition of one who is rich”). First used in English by novelist William Thackeray in 1854.

Noun

capitalism (countable and uncountable; plural capitalisms)

1. (politics, uncountable) a socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
2. (economics, uncountable) a socio-economic system based on the abstraction of resources into the form of privately-owned capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
3. (countable) a specific variation or implementation of either such socio-economic system.

Quotations

• 1855, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes: memoirs of a most respectable family, volume 2, page 75:

  The Prince de Moncontour took his place with great gravity at the Paris board, whither Barnes made frequent flying visits. The sense of capitalism sobered and dignified Paul de Florac: at the age of five-and-forty he was actually giving up being a young man, and was not ill-pleased at having to enlarge his waistcoats, and to show a little gray in his mustache.

Translations

socio-economic system based on private property rights

• Arabic: رأسمالية (ar) (ra'simaliyya) f
• Armenian: կապիտալիզմ (hy) (kapitalizm)
• Belarusian: капіталізм (be) (kapitalízm) m
• Breton: kapitalouriezh f
• Bulgarian: капитализъм (bg) (kapitalízăm) m
• Catalan: capitalisme (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 資本主義 (cmn), 资本主义 (cmn) (zīběnzhǔyì)

• Czech: kapitalismus (cs), kapitalizmus (cs)
• Dutch: kapitalisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: kapitalismo (eo)
• Finnish: kapitalismi (fi)
• French: capitalisme (fr) m
• Georgian: კაპიტალიზმი (ka) (kapitalizmi)
• German: Kapitalismus (de) m
• Greek: κεφαλαιοκρατία (el) (kefalaiokratía) f, καπιταλισμός (el) (kapitalismós) m
• Hebrew: קפיטליזם (he) (qapit'alizm) m
• Hindi: पूंजीवाद (hi) (pū̃jīvād) m
• Icelandic: auðvaldsskipulag (is)
• Italian: capitalismo (it) m
• Japanese: 資本主義 (ja) (しほんしゅぎ, shihonshugi)
• Korean: 자본주의 (ko) (jabonjuui) (資本主義 (ko))
• Latin: capitalismus (la) m

• Macedonian: капитализам (mk) (kapitalízam) m
• Malayalam: മുതലാളിത്തം (muthalaaLiththam)
• Manx: bun-argidys (gv) m
• Norwegian: kapitalisme (no) m
• Polish: kapitalizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: capitalismo (pt) m
• Romanian: capitalism (ro) n
• Russian: капитализм (ru) (kapitalízm)
• Scottish Gaelic: calpachas (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: капиталѝзам (sh) m

  Roman: kapitalìzam (sh) m

• Slovene: kapitalizem (sl) m
• Spanish: capitalismo (es)
• Swedish: kapitalism (sv)
• Telugu: పెట్టుబడిదారీ (peTTubaDidaaree)
• Thai: ลัทธิทุนนิยม (th) (láttí thunniym)
• Turkish: kapitalizm (tr)
• Ukrainian: капіталізм (uk) (kapitalízm) m
• Urdu: پونجیواد (ur) (pū̃jīvād) m
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa tư bản (vi) (主義資本 (vi))
• Volapük: katädim (vo)
• Welsh: cyfalafiaeth (cy) f

socio-economic system based on the abstraction of resources

• Greek: κεφαλαιοκρατία (el) (kefalaiokratía) f
• Manx: bun-argidys (gv) m

• Scottish Gaelic: calpachas (gd) m

External links

• Capitalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia