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monopolism

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

noun

  1. the existence or prevalence of monopolies.


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

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 ignores also the absolutely essential traits of individual preference and monopolism, besides coyness, hyperbole, the mixed moods of hope and despair, and purity, with the diverse emotions accompanying them.

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus

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

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

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John