Supercapitalism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any especially intense and competitive form of capitalism. uncountable
"Together, newly powerful shoppers and shareholders of this supercapitalism drove a decline in labor unions and a frenzy by corporations desperate to buy some market advantage in Washington."
- 2 A form of degenerated capitalism according to Italian fascism. historical, uncountable
"When Lenin spoke about “a series of exclusions from freedom” which individuals and “capitalists” enjoy in what he called “democratism”, he was not very far away from Mussolini's rejection of “supercapitalism” which according to him meant the degeneration of “heroic and dynamic capitalism.”"
Synonyms
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More examples"Together, newly powerful shoppers and shareholders of this supercapitalism drove a decline in labor unions and a frenzy by corporations desperate to buy some market advantage in Washington."
Etymology
From super- + capitalism.
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