Capitalism
['kæpɪt(ə)lɪz(ə)m] or ['kæpɪtəlɪzəm]
Definition
(noun.) an economic system based on private ownership of capital.
Inputed by Frieda--From WordNet
Examples
- They gave capitalism the sanction of the intellect. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- So mankind has progressed through savagery, chattel slavery, serfdom, to wage slavery or the capitalism of to-day. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But capitalism rather than a social humanism took its place. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- That is a new kind of revolt--more dangerous to capitalism than the demand for higher wages. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The imagination is more vivid: the horror of capitalism is not alone in the poverty and suffering it entails, but in its ruthless denial of life to millions of men. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We shall feel free to choose among alternatives--to take this much of socialism, insert so much syndicalism, leave standing what of capitalism seems worth conserving. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- State capitalism would replace private owner capitalism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He who is watching the ascendant ideas of American life can afford to feel that the early maxims of capitalism are doomed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Tyrannies and race hatred, national rivalries, sex problems, the difficulties of artistic endeavor, all failures, crimes, vices--there is not one which he will not relate to private capitalism. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- For it happens that in this case the interests of capitalism and of humanity coincide. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This would be the end of the capitalist system, but not the end of the system of capitalism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That was the nauseating method of nineteenth century economists when they tried to identify the brutal practices of capitalism with the beneficence of nature and the Will of God. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typist: Paul