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Definition of capitalism
[mass noun]
An economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state:
'an era of free-market capitalism'
'private ownership is a key feature of capitalism'
Full Definition of CAPITALISM
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: an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.
Examples of CAPITALISM
Capitalism is at once far too rational, trusting in nothing that it cannot weigh and measure, and far too little as well, accumulating wealth as an end in itself. —Terry Eagleton, Harper's, March 2005
Origin of CAPITALISM
First Known Use: 1826
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An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and development occurs through the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market.
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1. A supporter of capitalism.
2. An investor of capital in business, especially one having a major financial interest in an important enterprise.
3. A person of great wealth.
adj.
Capitalistic.
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Definition of circular
adjective
1Having the form of a circle: the building features a circular atrium
1.1(Of a movement or journey) starting and finishing at the same place and often following roughly the circumference of an imaginary circle: a circular walk
2 Logic (Of an argument) already containing an assumption of what is to be proved, and therefore fallacious.
'the reality of standard English rests on the circular argument that that is good which good users use.
'This is a classic circular argument, in which the conclusion is already present in the premise.'
'These estimates can be highly biased and produce a circular argument.'
'Such a circular argument, which relies on its own suppositions as proof, can be used to justify anything.'
Derivatives
circularity
noun
'Does all of this mean that there is a kind of fatal circularity in neuroscience - that the brain necessarily uses itself to study itself?'
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French circulier, from late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus 'small ring' (see circle).
Definition of Cheka
An organization under the Soviet regime for the investigation of counter-revolutionary activities. It executed many real and alleged enemies of Lenin’s regime from its formation in 1917 until 1922, when it was replaced by the OGPU.
Origin
Russian, from che, ka, the initial letters of Chrezvychaĭnaya komissiya 'Extraordinary Commission (for combating Counter-revolution, Sabotage, and Speculation)'.
Definition of capitalism
[mass noun]
An economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state:
'an era of free-market capitalism'
'private ownership is a key feature of capitalism'
Full Definition of CAPITALISM
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capitalism
: an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.
Examples of CAPITALISM
Capitalism is at once far too rational, trusting in nothing that it cannot weigh and measure, and far too little as well, accumulating wealth as an end in itself. —Terry Eagleton, Harper's, March 2005
Origin of CAPITALISM
First Known Use: 1826
cap·i·tal·ism
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n.
An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and development occurs through the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2017 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
https://ahdictionary.com
cap·i·tal·ist
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n.
1. A supporter of capitalism.
2. An investor of capital in business, especially one having a major financial interest in an important enterprise.
3. A person of great wealth.
adj.
Capitalistic.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2017 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Definition of circular
adjective
1Having the form of a circle: the building features a circular atrium
1.1(Of a movement or journey) starting and finishing at the same place and often following roughly the circumference of an imaginary circle: a circular walk
2 Logic (Of an argument) already containing an assumption of what is to be proved, and therefore fallacious.
'the reality of standard English rests on the circular argument that that is good which good users use.
'This is a classic circular argument, in which the conclusion is already present in the premise.'
'These estimates can be highly biased and produce a circular argument.'
'Such a circular argument, which relies on its own suppositions as proof, can be used to justify anything.'
Derivatives
circularity
noun
'Does all of this mean that there is a kind of fatal circularity in neuroscience - that the brain necessarily uses itself to study itself?'
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French circulier, from late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus 'small ring' (see circle).
Definition of Cheka
An organization under the Soviet regime for the investigation of counter-revolutionary activities. It executed many real and alleged enemies of Lenin’s regime from its formation in 1917 until 1922, when it was replaced by the OGPU.
Origin
Russian, from che, ka, the initial letters of Chrezvychaĭnaya komissiya 'Extraordinary Commission (for combating Counter-revolution, Sabotage, and Speculation)'.
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