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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

資本家

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shihonka

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Capitalist/ˈkæp.ɪ.təl.ɪst/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は新しいビジネスに投資する資本家です。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who uses their wealth to invest in trade and industry for profit in accordance with the principles of capitalism.

    "As a successful capitalist, she invested in several startups that focused on renewable energy."
  2. 2

    An advocate or supporter of capitalism.

    "The capitalist argued that free markets lead to innovation and economic growth."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the root 'capital' (from Latin 'capitalis', relating to the head or principal property), combined with the suffix '-ist'. Emerging in the mid-19th century amidst the Industrial Revolution, the term originally denoted an owner of accumulated wealth or capital invested in business enterprises, later evolving to describe advocates or practitioners of the capitalist economic system.

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