precapitalism

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English

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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ capitalism.

Noun

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precapitalism (uncountable)

  1. Primitive systems of trade before the full development of capitalism.
    • 2000, Anna M. Kerttula, Antler on the Sea, page 82:
      The state farm and its administration operated under a model of paternalism that had its roots in the Soviet belief that northern indigenous peoples were like naive children in the primitive state of precapitalism.