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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
capitalism
/ˈkapɪt(ə)lɪz(ə)m/
noun
economic system based on private ownership of money
- “Capitalism efficiently allocates resources according to our needs and wants.”Tatoeba
- “Capitalism assumes that people are generally competitive, which they are not.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)