Anti-capitalism
an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.
noun
also called free enterprise, private enterprise. an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange, characterized by the freedom of capitalists to operate or manage their property for profit in compet-tive conditions compare socialism (sense 1)
n.
1854, “condition of having capital;” from capital (n.1) + -ism. meaning “political/economic system which encourages capitalists” is recorded from 1872.
an economic and political system characterized by a free market for goods and services and private control of production and consumption. (compare socialism and communism.)
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