Variant: or cap · i · tal · is · tic
Pronunciation: ˌ ka-p ə -t ə - ' lis-tik, ˌ kap-t ə -, Brit also k ə - ˌ pi-t ə -
Function: adjective
Date: 1845
1 : owning capital <the capitalist class>
2 a : practicing or advocating capitalism < capitalist nations> b : marked by capitalism < capitalist period of history>
– cap · i · tal · is · ti · cal · ly \ -ti-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb