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 an unregulated market.
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 an unregulated market.
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 1, page 45:

  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. 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)

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