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capitalism

noun as in economic system of private ownership

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She worried the themes discussed — patriarchy, capitalism and poverty — could be taken out of context and used against her.

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The relationship between capitalism and democracy in America isn’t always easy—and it has been that way since 1776.

We are just as disappointed and angry as you are about predatory capitalism, which leaves many Americans homeless and many more without access to health care.

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Everything just has this tinge of capitalism on it, without any actual substance to it in a lot of ways.

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“I really like how the game portrays Russian soldiers as saviors from the new colonial power of Western capitalism,” said Timofei Roslyakov from Chelyabinsk, Russia, who played “African Dawn” recently.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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