Capitalistic


pertaining to or ; founded on or believing in :
a capitalistic system.
Contemporary Examples

We have a very global economy, human nature—it’s a capitalistic economy.
Auletta and Cohan Discuss Greed and Geithner The Daily Beast April 22, 2009

More than half of Jordanians, Egyptians, Tunisians, and Lebanese respond favorably about our capitalistic model.
Obama’s Muslim World Fantasy: Early Hopes Undermined by Drone War Elise Jordan June 23, 2012

I want to save our system, the capitalistic system; to save it is to give some heed to world thought of today.
How to Beat the Demagogues Michael Signer March 26, 2010

Historical Examples

The assertions of Malthus have sense only from the standpoint of capitalistic production.
Woman and Socialism August Bebel

Democracy and capitalistic development did not seem antagonistic.
The Frontier in American History Frederick Jackson Turner

The interests of the working-class are the same in all lands with capitalistic methods of production.
Socialism and Democracy in Europe Samuel P. Orth

They would not be moved by economic, still less by capitalistic motives.
The Fruits of Victory Norman Angell

The thing which Marx states here is a simple fact which happens every day before our eyes in the present capitalistic society.
Landmarks of Scientific Socialism Friedrich Engels

Not because the city is the abode of choice souls, but because the city is capitalistic.
The Unpopular Review Vol. I Various

Similarly the new wireless systems are leading to a capitalistic demand for government purchase of the old telegraph systems.
Socialism As It Is William English Walling

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