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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Examples of capitalist in a Sentence
Noun
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Johnson spent 12 years playing in the National Basketball Association, mostly with the Phoenix Suns from 1988 to 2000 and then was elected mayor of Sacramento, Calif. twice from 2008 to 2016, and has also been a venture capitalist.
—Gary Stern, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Once a critique of capitalist excess, many works of Arte Povera have now become luxury objects, displayed in a museum funded by one of the world’s wealthiest individuals.
—Wilson Tarbox, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Noun
As my colleagues Wendy Lee, Laura J. Nelson and Hannah Wiley reported, Trump attended a fundraiser in June at venture capitalist David Sacks’ San Francisco mansion that raised $12 million.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Johnson spent 12 years playing in the National Basketball Association, mostly with the Phoenix Suns from 1988 to 2000 and then was elected mayor of Sacramento, Calif. twice from 2008 to 2016, and has also been a venture capitalist.
—Gary Stern, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Adjective
Despite this success, Zamani reflects on his dismay within the conventional capitalist framework that prioritizes profit over purpose.
—Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Once a critique of capitalist excess, many works of Arte Povera have now become luxury objects, displayed in a museum funded by one of the world’s wealthiest individuals.
—Wilson Tarbox, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capitalist. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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