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capitalist

noun as in person engaged in private ownership of business

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It’s difficult to imagine a worse addition to this oil-and-water mix of high-minded nonconformist cranks and hard-toiling middle-class settlers than a capitalist sybarite.

That move has proved disastrous in terms of casualties, domestic economic distress, the mass migration of hundreds of thousands of Russians opposed to the war, and isolation from the global capitalist economy.

From Salon

In terms of trade, both candidate's capitalist stances could indicate more support for foreign investment in Bolivia's vast lithium reserves - the key ingredient for batteries used in many electric cars, laptops and solar panels.

From BBC

Mr Tan, an American venture capitalist who took over as Intel's chief executive in March, has focused on getting the firm's finances in check and catching up in the booming AI chip industry.

From BBC

From Lenin they drew the idea of mobilizing the working class to undermine existing capitalist structures.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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