different between capitalism vs wealth

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

Alternative forms

• wealthe, welth, welthe (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English welth, welthe, weolthe (“happiness, prosperity”), from Old English *welþ, weleþu, from Proto-West Germanic *waliþu (“wealth”).

Alternatively, possibly an alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”), derth (“dearth”)) of wele (“wealth, well-being, weal”), from Old English wela (“wealth, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, prosperity”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“good, best”); equivalent to weal +? -th. Cognate with Dutch weelde (“wealth”), Low German weelde (“wealth”), Old High German welida, welitha (“wealth”). Related also to German Wohl (“welfare, well-being, weal”), Danish vel (“weal, welfare”), Swedish väl (“well-being, weal”). More at weal, well.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?l?/, [w?l??]
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

wealth (usually uncountable, plural wealths)

1. (economics) Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
2. A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
3. (obsolete) Prosperity; well-being; happiness.
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act V scene i^[2]:

     I once did lend my body for his wealth, / Which, but for him that had your husband's ring, / Had quite miscarried: […]

   • Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:wealth

Derived terms

Translations

References

• wealth at OneLook Dictionary Search
• wealth in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "wealth" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 331.
• wealth in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• wealth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.