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PRONUNCIATION OF DISASTER CAPITALISM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISASTER CAPITALISM

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disaster capitalism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DISASTER CAPITALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

The Shock Doctrine

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is a 2007 book by the Canadian author Naomi Klein, and is the basis of a 2009 documentary by the same name directed by Michael Winterbottom. The book argues that the free market policies of Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman have risen to prominence in some countries because of a deliberate strategy of certain leaders to exploit crises by pushing through controversial, exploitative policies while citizens were too busy emotionally and physically reeling from disasters or upheavals to create an effective resistance. It is implied that some man-made crises, such as the Iraq war, may have been created with the intention of pushing through these unpopular reforms in their wake.

Definition of disaster capitalism in the English dictionary

The definition of disaster capitalism in the dictionary is the practice of taking advantage of a major disaster to adopt liberal economic policies that the population would be less likely to accept under normal circumstances.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISASTER CAPITALISM

disassemble
disassembler
disassembly
disassimilate
disassimilation
disassimilative
disassociate
disassociation
disaster
disaster area
disaster fund
disaster movie
disaster relief
disaster zone
disastrous
disastrously
disattire
disattribution
disattune
disauthorise

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISASTER CAPITALISM

brutalism
capitalism
citizen journalism
colonialism
formalism
imperialism
individualism
journalism
liberalism
literalism
materialism
metabolism
minimalism
nationalism
Orientalism
photojournalism
professionalism
realism
socialism
surrealism
vandalism

Synonyms and antonyms of disaster capitalism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «disaster capitalism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISASTER CAPITALISM

Find out the translation of disaster capitalism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disaster capitalism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disaster capitalism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

灾难资本主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

capitalismo del desastre
570 millions of speakers

English

disaster capitalism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आपदा पूंजीवाद
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

رأسمالية الكارثة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

капитализма катастроф
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

capitalismo do desastre
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুর্যোগের পুঁজিবাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

capitalisme du désastre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kapitalisme bencana
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Katastrophen-Kapitalismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

災害資本主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

재난 자본주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kapitalisme bencana
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

chủ nghĩa tư bản thảm họa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேரழிவு முதலாளித்துவம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आपत्ती भांडवलशाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Felaket kapitalizmi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

capitalismo dei disastri
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kapitalizm katastrofa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

капіталізму катастроф
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

capitalism dezastru
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

καπιταλισμού της καταστροφής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ramp kapitalisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

katastrof kapitalismen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

katastrofe kapitalismen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disaster capitalism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISASTER CAPITALISM»

The term «disaster capitalism» is normally little used and occupies the 117.011 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of disaster capitalism
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISASTER CAPITALISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «disaster capitalism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «disaster capitalism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disaster capitalism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISASTER CAPITALISM»

Discover the use of disaster capitalism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disaster capitalism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free market economic revolution.
Naomi Klein, 2010
2
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The shock doctrine is the unofficial story of how the "free market" came to dominate the world, from Chile to Russia, China to Iraq, South Africa to Canada.
Naomi Klein, 2009
3
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
An introduction to the concept of "disaster capitalism" offers an expose of how the global "free market" has exploited crises, violence, and shock over the past three decades to promote radical privatization that benefits large corporations ...
Naomi Klein, 2007
4
Disaster Capitalism: Or Money Can't Buy You Love
The book includes three full-length plays: Shadow Anthropology (a dark comedy about the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan), Through the Roof (a Faustian trip through the social history of "natural" disaster in New Orleans), and Celestial Flesh ...
Rick Mitchell, 2011
5
Capitalizing on Catastrophe: Neoliberal Strategies in ...
International. Tourism. and. Disaster. Capitalism. The. Case. of. Hurricane. Mitch. in. Honduras. Susan. Stonich. Naomi Klein described "the rise of disaster capitalism" as an emerging orientation in international development institutions to  ...
Nandini Gunewardena, Mark Schuller, 2008
6
Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games
Indeed, sometimes it takes the form of Klein's “disaster capitalism” replete with aggressive neoliberal policies. At other times, though, under conditions of social celebration, capitalists uncork another of their favored forms: celebration capitalism ...
Jules Boykoff, 2013
7
The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, ...
A critical collection on the politics of disaster and reconstruction in New Orleans
Cedric Johnson, 2011
8
Globalization: Key Thinkers
The remaining three parts of the book turn to more recent history and expound the central arguments about the ideological nature of contemporary disaster capitalism. In many ways, aside from the first couple of chapters, this is the heart of the ...
Andrew Jones, 2010
9
100 Statements about the Shock Doctrine: The Rise of ...
In this book, we have hand-picked the most sophisticated, unanticipated, absorbing (if not at times crackpot!), original and musing book reviews of "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.
Grace Ifing, 2013
10
Latin America and Global Capitalism: A Critical ...
Klein has characterized this new mechanism of accumulation as “disaster capitalism” (2005b), while Bello observes that “post-disaster and post-conflict reconstruction planning and implementation are increasingly influenced by neo- liberal ...
William I. Robinson, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISASTER CAPITALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disaster capitalism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Disaster Capitalism and Outrage in Post-Coup Honduras
Like most disasters these days, the coup was man-made, and has played out as a textbook example of disaster capitalism at its worst. «teleSUR English, Jun 15»
2
Beyond the Real Time Catastrophe of Capital
Her previous book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (2007) was directed primarily at neoliberalism – at (Milton) ... «CounterPunch, Jun 15»
3
The seven stages of Greece's debt tragedy
These attempts are certain to provoke an almighty popular backlash, but for now, Disaster Capitalism is having the time of its life. Reply | Pick. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
4
Lyndall Gordon's Divided Lives: Dreams of a Mother and a Daughter …
Naomi Klein was the inaugural winner of the prize in 2009, for her book The Shock Doctrine, an exposé of disaster capitalism. The 2011 prize ... «Books LIVE, Jun 15»
5
Climate Change Is A Crisis We Can Only Solve Together
Her previous books include the international best-sellers, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and No Logo: Taking Aim at the ... «CounterCurrents.org, Jun 15»
6
New Orleans Is Still Here, Ya Bastards: Review
Hoelterhoff: I first heard the phrase “disaster capitalism” from Naomi Klein, who used it to describe private companies profiteering in Iraq, ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
7
Capitalism benefiting from discrimination 'in a number of ways'
This is an area that is perhaps best explored in Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism. In the name of US unity, the ... «Mehr News Agency - English Version, Jun 15»
8
Book Review: "Clinton Cash" by Peter Schweizer
In the chapter entitled “Disaster Capitalism” In every sense, Bill and Hillary Clinton were overseeing the recovery efforts. Schweizer reports that ... «O'Dwyer's PR News, Jun 15»
9
John Boyle's Blood Ransom looks at Somali motivations for piracy
His forthcoming book is Disaster Capitalism. Blood Ransom: Stories from the Front Line in the War Against Piracy. By John Boyle. Bloomsbury ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
10
"One Newark" Exemplifies the Shock Doctrine
... in the wake of catastrophic events, combined with the treatment of disasters as exciting market opportunities, “disaster capitalism.” (The Shock Doctrine, p. 6). «Progressive.org, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Disaster capitalism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/disaster-capitalism>. Apr 2024 ».
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