Precapitalism
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Primitive systems of trade before the full development of capitalism. uncountable
"The state farm and its administration operated under a model of paternalism that had its roots in the Soviet belief that northern indigenous peoples were like naive children in the primitive state of precapitalism."
Example
More examples"The state farm and its administration operated under a model of paternalism that had its roots in the Soviet belief that northern indigenous peoples were like naive children in the primitive state of precapitalism."
Etymology
From pre- + capitalism.
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