monopolism

[muh-nop-uh-liz-uhm]

noun

1. the existence or prevalence of monopolies.

Other Word Forms

• antimonopolism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of monopolism¹

First recorded in 1880–85; monopol(y) + -ism

Example Sentences

President Vladimir Putin accused social media companies of "monopolism" in a speech this year to the World Economic Forum.

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Any act of unilateralism, monopolism and bullying would not work, and would only lead to a dead end, Xi said in a speech at the Great Hall of the People.

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Any act of unilateralism, monopolism and bullying would not work, and would only lead to a dead end, Xi said in a speech delivered at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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The plaintiff who attacked the Warhol foundation sidestepped a waiver he had signed by accusing the group of monopolism.

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The history of revolution, he says, begins in the victory of Liberalism and Communism together over Monopolism; it proceeds by the conflict of the victors with one another, and it ends in the final triumph of Federalism over both.

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