different between capitalism vs capitulation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French capitalisme (“the condition of one who is rich”); equivalent to capital +? -ism. First used in English by novelist William Thackeray in 1854.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kap?t(?)l?z(?)m/
• (General American) enPR: k?p??-tl-?z'm, IPA^(key): /?kæp??tl???zm?/

Noun

capitalism (countable and uncountable, plural capitalisms)

1. (politics) A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources or capital.
2. (economics) An economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.
3. (politics, economic liberalism) A socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
4. (economics, economic liberalism) An economic system based on the abstraction of resources into the form of privately owned capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.

Quotations

Derived terms

• anarcho-capitalism
• crony capitalism
• late capitalism
• state capitalism
• savage capitalism

Related terms

• capital
• capitalist
• capitalistic
• capitalistically

Translations

See also

Further reading

• capitalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• capitalism at OneLook Dictionary Search
• capitalism in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• capitalism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• "capitalism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 50.

Romanian

Etymology

From French capitalisme

Noun

capitalism n (uncountable)

1. capitalism

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle French capitulation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

capitulation (countable and uncountable, plural capitulations)

1. A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
2. The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
3. The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
4. An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.

Related terms

• chapiter
• chapter
• capital
• capitalism
• captain
• capitulate

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

capitulation f (plural capitulations)

1. capitulation

Further reading

• “capitulation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).