adjective
1. favoring or practicing capitalism (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑capitalist
• Ant: ↑socialistic
• Similar to: ↑bourgeois, ↑competitive, ↑free-enterprise, ↑private-enterprise, ↑individualistic, ↑laissez-faire
• Derivationally related forms: ↑capitalist (for: ↑capitalist), ↑capitalism
2. of or relating to capitalism or capitalists
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a capitalist nation
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capitalistic methods and incentives
• Syn: ↑capitalist
• Pertains to noun: ↑capitalism, ↑capitalism (for: ↑capitalist)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑capitalism, ↑capitalist (for: ↑capitalist)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.