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antimonopoly

antimonopoly

7.2
Laws and rules that stop one company from controlling an industry
  • adjective
  • /ˌæntiˈmɒnəˌpli/
  • Specialized
translation icon : antimonopolio
  • That is why the federal antitrust laws exempt labor unions; otherwise, antimonopoly statutes would also prohibit union activity.

Examples

  • To promote fairness in the market, the city adopted an antimonopoly stance against large corporations that stifle small businesses.

  • The New Deal, therefore, vacillated between rational planning and antimonopoly rhetoric.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The government implemented strict antimonopoly regulations to ensure fair competition among businesses.

  • The antimonopoly laws helped to create a more level playing field for all companies in the industry.

Synonyms

antitrust
vsantimonopoly
  • Specialized
10 6.8

Laws or rules that stop unfair business competition and protect fair trade

focuses specifically on preventing firms that dominate a market
antimonopolistic
vsantimonopoly
7.7

Against one company controlling a whole market

aims to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices

How Anti-Monopoly

antitrust
  • Specialized
10 6.8
antimonopoly
  • Specialized
7.2

Surface Forms

antimonopoly positive

Morphology

antimonopoly = monopoly (transparent) = anti + monopoly

The word is a regular prefixation of 'anti-' to 'monopoly', clearly meaning opposed to monopolies.

Etymology

The word antimonopoly starts with anti- meaning 'against' and ends with monopoly, which means a 'single seller' that controls a market. So antimonopoly describes laws or actions that try to stop one company from controlling everything and to protect fair competition.