precapitalism

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ capitalism.

Noun

precapitalism (uncountable)

1. Primitive systems of trade before the full development of capitalism.
   • 2000, Anna M. Kerttula, Antler on the Sea, page 82:

     The state farm and its administration operated under a model of paternalism that had its roots in the Soviet belief that northern indigenous peoples were like naive children in the primitive state of precapitalism.