monopolism
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- antimonopolism noun
Etymology
Origin of monopolism
First recorded in 1880–85; monopol(y) + -ism
Example Sentences
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Lithuania is also a victim of the Soviet economy's "monopolism" -- the practice of turning a single factory into the sole supplier of a certain product for the entire country.
From Time Magazine Archive
To Hilliard all this seemed merely a pleasant proof of Eve's amiability, of her freedom from that acrid monopolism which characterises the ignoble female in her love relations.
From Eve's Ransom by Gissing, George
Turning from the Old World to the New we find stories illustrating the same amusing disregard of amorous monopolism.
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
In fact, I have expressly classed monopolism among those seven ingredients of love which occur in its sensual as well as its sentimental phases.
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
He may be mistaken, but that at any rate is his ideal: it includes lasting monopolism.
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
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