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hypercapitalist

hypercapitalist adjective: exhibiting or pertaining to hypercapitalism.

Adjective

hypercapitalist (comparative more hypercapitalist, superlative most hypercapitalist)

  1. Exhibiting or pertaining to hypercapitalism.
    • What the revisionists have done, Milton Friedman included, is provide ideological cover for a moribund political party. Mr. Friedman’s own place in the history books will rest upon how the chroniclers portray his role in the hypercapitalist free fall of the early 21st century.2009 April 9, “The New Deal Revisionists: Will They Ever Learn?”, in New York Times
    • [Sam] Altman is rapidly building out an economy within Silicon Valley that seems intended to essentially supplant Silicon Valley—a guild of hyper-capitalist entrepreneurs who will help one another fix the broken world.2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker

Forms of hypercapitalist

comparativemore hypercapitalist
superlativemost hypercapitalist

Origin of hypercapitalist

From hyper- + capitalist.

Questions about hypercapitalist

What does hypercapitalist mean?
Hypercapitalist means exhibiting or pertaining to hypercapitalism.
What part of speech is hypercapitalist?
Hypercapitalist is an adjective.

Words near hypercapitalist in the dictionary

  1. hypercannibalism
  2. hypercannon
  3. hypercannons
  4. hypercapillarization
  5. hypercapitalism
  6. hypercapitalist
  7. hypercapnea
  8. hypercapneic
  9. hypercapnia
  10. hypercapnias
  11. hypercapnic

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