precapitalist
/ˌpriːˈkæpɪtəlɪst/
adjective
- Relating to the time or economic system before capitalism became dominant.
- The book compares precapitalist economies with modern capitalist ones.
- In precapitalist Europe, most people lived in small farming communities.
- Historians study precapitalist societies to understand how trade worked before modern markets.
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