CAPITALISM

 

MEANING: (n.) A system of economy where private individuals or corporations control the production and distribution of capital goods and the price of the goods are determined by competition in a free market.

 

EXAMPLE SENTENCES:

  1. Most countries in Eastern Europe are moving towards free-market capitalism.
  2. Capitalism is the form of market that’s prevalent in the United States.
  3. I have always been in favour of an economy that is governed by the principles of capitalism.

 

SYNONYMS: Free enterprise, Free market, Commercialism

ANTONYMS: Communism, Socialism

 

Also see

CAPRICIOUS MEANING

CAVEAT MEANING

COGNITIVE MEANING

CONTRABAND MEANING