capitalist country

collocation in English

meaningsofcapitalistandcountry

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capitalist
adjective
uk
/ˈkæp.ɪ.təl.ɪst/us
/ˈkæp.ə.t̬əl.ɪst/
based on the system of capitalism (= an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are controlled by private owners rather than by the state, with the purpose of making ...
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country
noun
uk
/ˈkʌn.tri/us
/ˈkʌn.tri/
an area of land that has its own government, ...
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(Definition ofcapitalistandcountryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Zinn does not take the time to discuss how a war-mongeringcapitalistcountrywhose territorial integrity is based on war and conquest can change its "posture" in the world.
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There is no majorcapitalistcountryin which there is genuine competition in the supply of gas to domestic consumers.
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We are acapitalistcountry, and we shall be bound to support capitalist movements and the expansion of capitalist industry.
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This is a very serious problem in acapitalistcountry.
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Capitalism is a necessary but not a sufficient condition of liberty, but every free country has to be acapitalistcountry.
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We shall not be the only so-calledcapitalistcountryto tax wealth when we have such a tax.
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At the moment we have in charge of thiscapitalistcountrya party which does not believe in capitalism.
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Is she suggesting that in thatcapitalistcountryconditions are so perfect that there is no call for a higher standard of living?
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The biggestcapitalistcountryon earth is now extremely worried.
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But these things have happened all over the world in everycapitalistcountry.
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Output per person in this country is relatively greater than in any othercapitalistcountryin the world.
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It is not likely that foreigners, who can look at these matters dispassionately, will believe that this anti-capitalist party will make acapitalistcountryflourish.
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I am reminded from behind that it is a free andcapitalistcountry.
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I can only wonder how he can bear to live in this rottencapitalistcountry.
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Britain was after all, still acapitalistcountryand the committee would refuse to have anything to do with common waiting lists.
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Britain was, after all, still acapitalistcountry, and the committee would refuse to have anything to do with common waiting lists.
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America is acapitalistcountryand this is acapitalistcountry.
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But before 1914 and since 1980 there have been few institutional bars on capital flows from capitalist countries.
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It was believed that a socialist country should not consume imported grain in general and grain from capitalist countries in particular.
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