capitalist
Americannoun
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a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
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an advocate of capitalism.
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a very wealthy person.
noun
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a person who owns capital, esp capital invested in a business
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politics a supporter of capitalism
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informal a rich person
adjective
Other Word Forms
- anticapitalist noun
- capitalistic adjective
- noncapitalist noun
- precapitalist noun
- procapitalist noun
Etymology
Origin of capitalist
Example Sentences
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He praised John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” for its descriptions of capitalist exploitation and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” for the light it shed on slavery in the U.S.
Analysts and even founders and venture capitalists across Silicon Valley joined the chorus.
Venture capitalists have invested more in AI than practically anything else.
A year ago, founders could dictate most of the terms for investing as venture capitalists scrambled to spread their bets across a landscape of emerging AI companies.
While many of those companies would fail, the blanket approach meant a venture capitalist often got a stake in the winner.
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