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crony capitalism

US/ˈkɹoʊni ˈkæpɪtəlɪzəm/

crony capitalism noun: a form of capitalism in which success in business depends on corrupt close relationships with government officials, often implying favouritism.

Noun

crony capitalism (usually uncountable, plural crony capitalisms)

  1. (idiomatic, usually) A form of capitalism in which success in business depends on corrupt close relationships with government officials, often implying favouritism.
    • While many things can be blamed for the rampant crony capitalism in India (e.g., British imperialism, the License Raj, etc.), we are particularly interested in understanding what role cultural values play in fostering crony capitalism.2017, Naresh Khatri, Abhoy Ojha, Crony Capitalism in India: Establishing Robust Counteractive Institutional Frameworks, Springer, →ISBN, page 118
    Synonyms:
    cronynomics

crony capitalism meaning in Tamil and Thai

crony capitalism in Tamil

பொருளாதாரச் சந்தையில், தகுதிப் பாராமல், வர்த்தக ஒப்பந்தங்களையும், பணியமர்வுகளையும் நண்பர்களுக்கும், குடும்பத்தினருக்கும் அளித்தல்

crony capitalism in Thai

form of economy
ทุนนิยมพวกพ้อง

Synonyms of crony capitalism

Forms of crony capitalism

pluralcrony capitalisms

Questions about crony capitalism

What does crony capitalism mean?
Crony capitalism means a form of capitalism in which success in business depends on corrupt close relationships with government officials, often implying favouritism.
What is crony capitalism in Tamil?
Crony capitalism in Tamil is பொருளாதாரச் சந்தையில், தகுதிப் பாராமல், வர்த்தக ஒப்பந்தங்களையும். See Crony capitalism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is crony capitalism?
Crony capitalism is a noun.
How do you pronounce crony capitalism?
Crony capitalism is pronounced /ˈkɹoʊni ˈkæpɪtəlɪzəm/ (US).
What is the plural of crony capitalism?
The plural of crony capitalism is crony capitalisms.

Words near crony capitalism in the dictionary

  1. Cronus
  2. cronusite
  3. cronut
  4. cronuts
  5. crony
  6. crony capitalism
  7. crony capitalisms
  8. crony democracy
  9. cronydom
  10. cronyish
  11. cronyism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crony capitalism (page history and authors); crony capitalism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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