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late-stage capitalism

late-stage capitalism is the alternative form of late capitalism.

Meaning of late capitalism

Noun

late capitalism (countable and uncountable, plural late capitalisms)

  1. The most recent or current form of capitalism, especially as characterized by monopoly, globalization, exploitation, and excess.
    • The genius of late capitalism is the development of strategies for managing and profiting by its own excess.1993, Linda Singer, Judith Butler, Maureen MacGrogan, Erotic Welfare: Sexual Theory and Politics in the Age of Epidemic, →ISBN

Questions about late-stage capitalism

What is late-stage capitalism the alternative form of?
Late-stage capitalism is the alternative form of late capitalism.

Words near late-stage capitalism in the dictionary

  1. late-blooming
  2. late-bound
  3. late-breaking
  4. late-capitalist
  5. late-night
  6. late-stage capitalism
  7. late-term
  8. late-to-bedder
  9. late-type star
  10. late-type stars
  11. late-wake

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