Original sentence: Capitalism — both the word and the system to which it refers — is an object of considerable contention, and is thus not easily defined (see definitions of capitalism).In common usage it refers to an economic system, dominant in the Western world since the breakup of feudalism, in which most of the means of production are privately owned and production is guided and income distributed largely through the operation of markets
Edited sentence: Capitalism  refers to an economic system, dominant in the Western world since the breakup of feudalism, most of the means of production are privately owned and production is guided and income distributed largely through the operation of markets