anti-monopoly

adjective

an·​ti-mo·​nop·​o·​ly
ˌan-tē-mə-ˈnä-p(ə-)lē,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-monopoly (audio)
variants or antimonopoly
: opposing, prohibiting, or restricting monopolies
anti-monopoly laws
anti-monopolist noun
or antimonopolist
ˌan-tē-mə-ˈnä-pə-list,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-monopoly (audio)
… fully embraced the reform effort, casting himself as an anti-monopolist who opposed the designs of the Guggenheim Alaska Syndicate to lock up Alaska development as their private cash cow. Steve Haycox

Examples of anti-monopoly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Despite official indications that China's yearslong anti-monopoly and data security crackdowns on technology companies have ended, entrepreneurs are jittery. Dake Kang and Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024 In order to appease anti-monopoly regulators, some of the IPL rights, which would otherwise all be under one roof, may have to be ceded to rival operators. Patrick Frater, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024 On April 10th of 2021, Chinese government fined Alibaba for a record of 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion), after an anti-monopoly probe found that Alibaba had abused its dominant market position for several years. Gurufocus, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023 Seven days later, the government released new anti-monopoly rules for the entire tech sector that ultimately banned common (and profitable) industry practices, such as forcing vendors to sell exclusively on one platform, namely Alibaba or its competitors. Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2023 According to the anti-monopoly organization Institute for Local Self-Reliance, the cut sellers give to Amazon from their revenue is up from 35% in 2020 and 19% in 2014. Haleluya Hadero, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2023 He is being paid by Stoller and the American Economic Liberties Project, a nonpartisan anti-monopoly advocacy group where Stoller is director of research. WIRED, 21 Sep. 2023 During Tuesday’s opening remarks, DOJ lead lawyer Kenneth Dintzer argued the tech giant violated anti-monopoly law through multiple, years’ long exclusive agreements with browser and phone makers. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2023 The second day of a landmark anti-monopoly trial against Google began on Wednesday with a protest from Apple against two numbers that the Justice Department mentioned in its opening statement the day before. Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-monopoly was in 1818

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“Anti-monopoly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-monopoly. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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