anticapitalist
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- adjective
- /ˌæn.tiˈkæp.ɪ.təl.ɪst/
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anticapitalista
- India began turning away from a milder version of socialism in the early 1990s, though Indian domestic politics still contains strong doses of anticapitalist rhetoric.
Examples
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We reproduce below some articles from the electronic daily Esquerda.net, published by the Left Bloc, from which we can see how the anticapitalist Left is intervening in the crisis in Portugal.
Blog text (18) -
Where local markets are dominated by persons deemed to be outsiders or enemies, populist thought tends toward anticapitalist, more often than socialist, conclusions.
Academic text (1998) -
Despite its anticapitalist tone, there is a certain validity to Schachner's statement.
Academic text (1993) -
To reverse today's anticapitalist trend by bringing you the gold standard in pro-capitalist thought.
Blog text (3) -
The South American playboy (chapters 6 and 7): A story informed by class struggle, in which a man raised in comfort reveals his anticapitalist leanings and comes to side with the guerrillas.
Academic text (1991) -
For a provocative Americanist rereading of Hobbesian thought as a democratic and anticapitalist alternative to liberal orthodoxy, see Downes.
Academic text (2018) -
The coalitions give the movement an anticorporate but not anticapitalist politics akin to those of the populist and progressive movements of earlier periods (Johnston 2003).
Academic text (2010) -
Still, while the damage they do, if any, may be exaggerated both by stodgy traditionalists and the anticapitalist left, there is no doubt that a new breed of museum directors and fundraisers is transforming the formerly staid world of the museum.
Academic text (1992) -
Populist movements like the Azanian People's Organization (AZAPO) and the PAC will remain critical of liberal democracy, highlight continued white economic hegemony, and be rhetorically anticapitalist.
Academic text (1998) -
Many activists participate in protests that promote an anticapitalist message urging for economic reforms.
Synonyms
Having public or shared ownership instead of private profit
Antonyms
How Anticapitalist
Surface Forms
Morphology
anticapitalist = capitalist (transparent) = anti + capital + ist
The meaning is directly built from 'anti-' plus 'capitalist', with no special sense shift required.
Etymology
The word anticapitalist comes from the prefix anti- meaning 'against' and capital meaning 'money' or 'wealth', as in capitalism. So anticapitalist describes ideas or actions that are 'against' economic systems based on private ownership and profit.