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postcapitalist en · ADJ

Etymology

From post- + capitalist.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) After capitalism.
   • Put it like this and it is not hard to see the possibility of a “post-capitalist” era – although the inability to see a path to it is what blights all modern social movements. 2014 November 2, Paul Mason, “What Shakespeare taught me about Marxism”, in The Guardian:
   • As the world confronts more evidence of the effects of climate change – from floods in Pakistan to heatwaves in Britain – rampant inflation and the energy crisis, [Kohei] Saito’s vision of a more sustainable, post-capitalist world will appear in an academic text to be published next year by Cambridge University Press, with an English translation of his bestseller to follow. 2022 September 9, Justin McCurry, “‘A new way of life’: the Marxist, post-capitalist, green manifesto captivating Japan”, in The Guardian:

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postcapitalistic · postcapitalism

Translations (1)

hu posztkapitalista (after capitalism)

postcapitalist en · NOUN

Etymology

From post- + capitalist.

Meanings

1. A proponent of postcapitalism.
   • You can spin out various possible futures for the island: In one version, disaster capitalists and bitcoin entrepreneurs arrive in their yachts and private jets, turning Puerto Rico into a crypto St. Barts; in another, post-capitalists build a paradise powered by solar microgrids, community gardens and the rebirth of local fisheries; […] 2018 September 12, Jeff Goodell, “The Perfect Storm: How Climate Change and Wall Street Almost Killed Puerto Rico”, in Rolling Stone:

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