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monopolism

American  
[muh-nop-uh-liz-uhm] / məˈnɒp əˌlɪz əm /

noun

  1. the existence or prevalence of monopolies.


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Etymology

Origin of monopolism

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


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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

Inequality of right was therefore the characteristic of this period; Marlo calls it monopolism.

From Contemporary Socialism by John Rae

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 Henry Theophilus Finck

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 George Gissing

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 Henry Theophilus Finck

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