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an·ti-reg·u·la·to·ry | \ ˌan-tē-ˈre-gyə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē, ˌan-tī- 
also -ˈrā- \
also -ˈrā- \variants:
or less commonly antiregulatory
Definition of anti-regulatory
: characterized by or expressing opposition to government regulation
The plan was instantly and angrily denounced by the hospital industry and anti-regulatory conservatives.— Lawrence D. Brown
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The first known use of anti-regulatory was in 1965
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