anti-capitalism

noun

an·​ti-cap·​i·​tal·​ism

ˌan-tē-ˈka-pə-tə-ˌliz-əm,

ˌan-tī- 

-ˈkap-tə-,

 British also  -kə-ˈpi-tə-

: opposition to capitalism and capitalist policies or ideals

While the intent of the whole rally is supposed to be the reform of Wall Street and the financial system, there is an undercurrent of anti-capitalism.

—John Crudele

anti-capitalism adjective

an anti-capitalism movement

anti-capitalism rallies/protests

anti-capitalist

ˌan-tē-ˈka-pə-tə-list

ˌan-tī- 

-ˈkap-tə-

 British also  -kə-ˈpi-tə-

adjective

In that morality play it matters less that socialists are unproductive than that they are anti-capitalist.

—Jeane J. Kirkpatrick

anti-capitalist noun

The protest mostly featured the usual suspects—anti-capitalists, environmentalists …

—Margaret Wente

Examples of anti-capitalism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The video ends with a parody commercial for an anti-capitalism brand called Soul Net. —Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2024

In its loosest definition, post-work polyamory is a relationship form premised on and committed to anti-capitalism. —TIME, 9 Feb. 2024

Sometimes that's really out of favor, that's seen as anti-capitalism or something like that. —Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023

It’s swapped out Sorkin’s pious centrist liberalism with a qualitatively better, but no less pious, left anti-capitalism. —Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 26 May 2023

That, and the fact that the tour commercializes Banksy's often anti-capitalism message (e.g., there is a gift shop on site). —Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above