capitalist world

collocation in English

meaningsofcapitalistandworld

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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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world
noun
uk
/wɜːld/us
/wɝːld/
the earth and all the people, places, and things ...
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(Definition ofcapitalistandworldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Across thecapitalistworldthe problem of cost containment has dominated health care since the mid-1970s.
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Given this interpretation, democracy becomes complementary and supportive of hegemonic goals for the expansion of thecapitalistworldeconomy.
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We are talking about thecapitalistworld.
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We live in acapitalistworld.
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In thecapitalistworldthe result is inevitable.
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That is the law of thecapitalistworld.
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We cannot expect peace and disarmament in acapitalistworld.
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In acapitalistworld, who can blame them?
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This is a tragedy of thecapitalistworld.
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That is a tremendous disability in acapitalistworld.
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According to these ideological tenets thecapitalistworldwas basically both hostile and vulnerable; in addition the future belonged to their own socialist system.
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But by now we have an incredibly wealthy capitalist order and with it (typically) parliamentary democracies (though often deeply faulted) in the richcapitalistworld.
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Further, it should be noted that the conditions of existence of both the internal and the external are sustained and reproduced by the samecapitalistworldeconomy.
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Through her intervention there, she has calculated that she can weaken thecapitalistworld.
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What they do is of great benefit to thecapitalistworld.
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He said that in this imperfectcapitalistworldwe should deal with facts as they are.
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It is wonderful to see how thecapitalistworldis always crying out for incentives.
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It is a little ironical—it is so characteristic of ourcapitalistworldsociety!
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Thecapitalistworldfound its way out of the slump through the armaments race.
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In acapitalistworldthe term 'uncompetitive' is synonymous with social scourge.
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We support this approach which is a first step towards radically questioning thecapitalistworldorder.
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Not one of them, reports tell us, is in favour of collaboration with thecapitalistworld.
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But we live in a capitalist society, in acapitalistworld.
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In that sense there is a common problem throughout thecapitalistworld.
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Thecapitalistworlddesires to preserve private ownership, private industry, private land and private finance.
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