Other Word Forms
- antimonopolist noun
- antimonopolistic adjective
- monopolistic adjective
- monopolistically adverb
- nonmonopolistic adjective
- promonopolistic adjective
- semimonopolistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of monopolist
First recorded in 1595–1605; monopol(y) + -ist
Example Sentences
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ASML, a near monopolist in lithography machines, reports earnings, expected to shed light on the AI and memory processor cycles.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Netflix has reportedly reached out to the administration to explain—correctly—why treating it as an incipient subscription streaming monopolist is wrong in a world of YouTube, TikTok and countless ad-supported streaming competitors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
The pace of change has only accelerated in the year since he concluded that Google is a monopolist in online search.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025
It comes weeks after a federal judge ruled Google violated antitrust laws and is a monopolist on web searches, paving the way for Yelp and potentially other companies to sue Google for antitrust practices.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2024
The monopolist can fix the value as high as he pleases, short of what the consumer either could not or would not pay; but he can only do so by limiting the supply.
From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart
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