capitalistic

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That story by staff writer Anthony Faiola accurately portrayed the potential government takeover of elements of the financial system as un-capitalistic, but incorrectly blamed capitalism for economic devastation.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to capitalism or capitalists.
  2. adjective Favoring or practicing capitalism: a capitalistic country.

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  • (As China becomes more capitalistic, the gap between rich and poor widens) —  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
  • Leaving aside for a second that Jack obviously doesn't think of himself as that courageous (by his own standards), he reportedly really outdid himself at a recent Toronto Board of Trade speech, even waxing all capitalistic:
  • So capitalistic, profit - maximization motives are nakedly exhibited here, instead of the law-enforcement motivations. —  UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World
  • This is also a blatantly anti-capitalistic government action.
  • In that interval Japan had changed radically from a very insular, traditional country to a densely populated, capitalistic, techno-country with Tokyo the mecca of that technological boom. —  DVD Times
 

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