capitalistとは

意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

capitalist (comparative more capitalist, superlative most capitalist)

1. Of, or pertaining to, capitalism.
   • 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (かつ Our Future)?”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 162:

     He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.

   capitalist economy; capitalist countries.

2. Supporting or endorsing capitalism.

   capitalist warriors.

同意語

• capitalistic

反意語

• non-capitalist

名詞

capitalist (複数形 capitalists)

1. A person who is a supporter of capitalism.
2. The owner of a considerable amount of capital; a wealthy person.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[2]:

     “I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. …”

同意語

• (supporter of capitalism): economic liberal, liberal
• (owner of capital): businessman, captain of industry, magnate, tycoon, financier

関連する語

• chapiter
• capital
• capitalism
• capitalistic
• chapter
• venture capitalist
• capitalize
• chattel

Further reading

• capitalist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• capitalist in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• capitalist at OneLook Dictionary Search