anticompetitive
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7.1
- adjective
- /ˌæn.ti.kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɪv/
- Specialized
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anticompetitivo
- Federal officials identified anticompetitive behaviors in the merger that could limit market competition.
- anticompetitive act
- anticompetitive pricing
- anticompetitive conduct
Examples
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The Competition Act is the only comprehensive statute with federal jurisdiction to address anticompetitive practices, regardless of the medium used.
Academic text (1999) -
The possibility of new firms entering a market is thus a crucial constraint on anticompetitive behavior.
Academic text (2005) -
"But it also revealed the danger of anticompetitive methods yet unknown.
Academic text (2013) -
In theory, again, the anticompetitive and beneficial effects are weighed against one another.
Academic text (1995) -
Total exclusion from the market is not required to secure this kind of anticompetitive advantage.
Academic text (2016) -
Whether in health care or in other areas of the economy, anticompetitive regulation is more likely to arise in markets that share certain common characteristics.
Academic text (2016) -
For the same reasons, the Tribunal is also of the view that the different individual anticompetitive acts taken together may constitute a practice.
Academic text (1991) -
The comment expressed the staff's concern that such restrictions could be anticompetitive.
Academic text (2016) -
However, concentration in an industry increases the risk of anticompetitive behavior, such as price fixing and bid-rigging.
Academic text (1993) -
Antitrust laws are intended to protect consumers from predatory pricing and other forms of anticompetitive behavior by firms seeking to establish a monopoly.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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8.1
Having complete control of a market so other companies cannot compete
Antonyms
How Anticompetitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
anticompetitive = competitive (transparent) = anti + compete + ive
The word is formed by adding anti- to competitive, giving the straightforward sense of being against competition.
Etymology
Anticompetitive comes from anti- meaning 'against' and compete meaning 'to try to win against others'. So, something anticompetitive is an action that works 'against' fair competition, making markets less open and fair.