cap·i·tal·ist
ˈka-pə-tə-list 
ˈkap-tə-
1
: a person who has capital especially invested in business
industrial capitalists
2
: a person who favors capitalism
variants
or capitalistic
ˌka-pə-tə-ˈli-stik
ˌkap-tə-
1
: owning capital
the capitalist class
2
a
: practicing or advocating capitalism
capitalist nations
b
: marked by capitalism
capitalist period of history
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Noun
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Mandy Taheri, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Key Background In addition to Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and venture capitalist David Sacks also defended Krishnan and the H-1B program against attacks spearheaded by far-right Trump supporter Laura Loomer.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Almost all of the Black spokespeople in symbolic capitalist spaces are either mixed race or recent immigrant Black heritage.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The visas provide workers with temporary stay in the U.S.
Earlier this week, Indian American entrepreneur and venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan's appointment as Trump's artificial intelligence (AI) policy adviser .
—Mandy Taheri, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Key Background In addition to Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and venture capitalist David Sacks also defended Krishnan and the H-1B program against attacks spearheaded by far-right Trump supporter Laura Loomer.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
The emergence of a capitalist market economy put ever greater demand on quantification (the act of counting or measuring the quantity of something), calculation and bookkeeping skills.
—James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Almost all of the Black spokespeople in symbolic capitalist spaces are either mixed race or recent immigrant Black heritage.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capitalist. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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