English Explanatory Dictionary

late capitalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The most recent or current form of capitalism, especially as characterized by monopoly, globalization, exploitation, and excess.

Word forms

late capitalism late capitalisms late-stage capitalism late stage capitalism

Etymology

Calque of German Spätkapitalismus, attributed to German economist Werner Sombart and later popularized by Marxist economist Ernest Mandel.

Related words

late capitalist hypercapitalism supercapitalism
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