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What does the suffix ism means in capitalism ​

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Suffixes change the meaning of a word. In this case, "capital" is the country's trade and industry (what we would use to earn money for our country). By adding -ism, you are changing the meaning to being an economic system, or rather, the way (act of) making money

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a distinctive belief, theory, system, or practice; anything that could be referred to by a word with the suffix -ism:capitalism, socialism, and other isms.
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