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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an economic system based on private ownership of capital;
[syn: capitalism, capitalist economy]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

capitalism \cap"i*tal*is`m\ (k[a^]p"[i^]*tal*[i^]z`m), n. An economic system based on predominantly private (individual or corporate) investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of goods and wealth; contrasted with socialism or especially communism, in which the state has the predominant role in the economy. Syn: capitalist economy. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

capitalism n 1: an economic system based on private ownership of capital [syn: capitalism, capitalist economy] [ant: socialism, socialist economy]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "capitalism": capitalistic system, finance capitalism, free competition, free economy, free enterprise, free trade, free-enterprise economy, free-enterprise system, individualism, isolationism, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, let-alone policy, let-alone principle, liberalism, noninterference, nonintervention, private enterprise, private ownership, private sector, rugged individualism, self-regulating market, state capitalism