Anticapitalist

/ˌæntiˈkæpɪtəlɪst/ noun

Definition

A person who opposes capitalism and believes the capitalist economic system should be reformed or replaced.

Etymology

From anticapitalism + -ist (one who practices or believes in). This term identifies people with specific political ideology, emerging in organized form during the Industrial Revolution.

Kelly Says

Historically, anticapitalists ranged from gentle utopian dreamers to revolutionary warriors—the same label covered people with wildly different visions of what should replace capitalism, making it a politically loaded word.

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