capitalism(n.)
1854年,“拥有资本的状态”; 来自 capital(n.1)+ -ism。 “鼓励资本家的政治/经济体系”一词记录于1872年,最初被社会主义者贬低使用。 “少数人手中的资本集中; 大资本的权力或影响”一词来自1877年。
"Capital" may be most briefly described as wealth producing more wealth; and "capitalism" as the system directing that process. This latter term came into general use during the second half of the 19th century as a word chiefly signifying the world-wide modern system of organizing production and trade by private enterprise free to seek profit and fortune by employing for wages the mass of human labour. There is no satisfactory definition of the term, though nothing is more evident than the thing. [J.L. Garvin, "Capitalism" in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1929]
“资本”可以最简要地描述为生产更多财富; “资本主义”是指指导这一过程的系统。这个后者的术语在19世纪下半叶开始普遍使用,主要是指通过私人企业自由寻求利润和财富,通过雇用大量人力劳动力来组织生产和贸易的全球现代系统。虽然没有什么比这个更明显的事情,但这个术语没有令人满意的定义。[J.L. Garvin,“资本主义”于 Encyclopaedia Britannica,1929年]
该词起源时间:1854年