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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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, Tye, determined not to repeat past relationship mistakes, has her fortitude tested when both a professional and romantic proposition presents itself in the form of Eva (Bean), a venture capitalist and daughter of additional season three guest star Robin Givens.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 28 Jan. 2025
In no uncertain terms, Hwang is telling us that the grunts, the everyday people who suffer under capitalist institutions, will be forced to become the architects of their own liberation.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Last month, Trump’s pick of the Silicon Valley venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan as an AI adviser led to a bitter and very public spat between the two camps over visas for highly skilled immigrants.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, Tye, determined not to repeat past relationship mistakes, has her fortitude tested when both a professional and romantic proposition presents itself in the form of Eva (Bean), a venture capitalist and daughter of additional season three guest star Robin Givens.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Today, the idea that investors and lenders will seek to maximize their profits at all costs looks to most of us like an obvious and morally neutral—or even positive—aspect of the capitalist system.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 28 Jan. 2025
In no uncertain terms, Hwang is telling us that the grunts, the everyday people who suffer under capitalist institutions, will be forced to become the architects of their own liberation.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capitalist. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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