: opposition to capitalism and capitalist policies or ideals
While the intent of the whole rally is supposed to be the reform of Wall Street and the financial system, there is an undercurrent of anti-capitalism.—
John Crudele
John Crudele
anti-capitalism
adjective
an anti-capitalism movement
anti-capitalism rallies/protests
anti-capitalist
adjective
In that morality play it matters less that socialists are unproductive than that they are anti-capitalist.
—Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
anti-capitalist
noun
The protest mostly featured the usual suspects—anti-capitalists, environmentalists …
—Margaret Wente
Margaret Wente
Examples of anti-capitalism in a Sentence
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Her name quickly became a shorthand for a cultural sensibility—the way young people in the late 2010s sublimated their deep uncertainty into a performance of anti-capitalism and avoidant attachment.
—Kate Dwyer, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The ethos was anti-industry, anti-capitalism, no gods, no masters.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
The video ends with a parody commercial for an anti-capitalism brand called Soul Net.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2024
In its loosest definition, post-work polyamory is a relationship form premised on and committed to anti-capitalism.
—TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
Sometimes that's really out of favor, that's seen as anti-capitalism or something like that.
—Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023
It’s swapped out Sorkin’s pious centrist liberalism with a qualitatively better, but no less pious, left anti-capitalism.
—Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 26 May 2023
That, and the fact that the tour commercializes Banksy's often anti-capitalism message (e.g., there is a gift shop on site).
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2023
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Kate Dwyer, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The ethos was anti-industry, anti-capitalism, no gods, no masters.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
The video ends with a parody commercial for an anti-capitalism brand called Soul Net.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2024
In its loosest definition, post-work polyamory is a relationship form premised on and committed to anti-capitalism.
—TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
Sometimes that's really out of favor, that's seen as anti-capitalism or something like that.
—Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023
It’s swapped out Sorkin’s pious centrist liberalism with a qualitatively better, but no less pious, left anti-capitalism.
—Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 26 May 2023
That, and the fact that the tour commercializes Banksy's often anti-capitalism message (e.g., there is a gift shop on site).
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2023
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“Anti-capitalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-capitalism. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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