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Definition: Monopolistic |
MonopolisticAdjective1. Having exclusive control over a commercial activity by possession or legal grant. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Monopolistic |
| Specialty definitions using "monopolistic": Clayton Act ♦ monopolistic competition ♦ Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 ♦ Sherman Anti-Trust Act. (references) |
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Business | However, a foreign firm still cannot simultaneously wholesale and retail, this practice being viewed as monopolistic. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Guatemala | These channels were criticized strongly as being monopolistic, progovernment, and interested in broadcasting only uncontroversial news. (references) |
Economic History | Panama | Panamanian Law forbids monopolistic and anti-competitive behavior. (references) |
Armenia | Some companies held monopolistic positions in the USSR and primarily served military needs. (references) | |
Trade | Ukraine | Ukraine's numerous certification bodies effectively operate as independent (often monopolistic) entities on a private profit basis. (references) |
China | Anti-Competitive Practices: China continues to struggle with economic inefficiencies and investment disincentives created by local protectionism, predatory pricing, preservation of industry-wide monopolies, and monopolistic practices designed to protect the state-owned sector. (references) | |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | The main problem is paperwork-related delays caused by the monopolistic customs and freight handling system. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | By strangling competition, monopolistic activity prevents or deters investment in new or expanded production facilities. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Monopolistic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Monopolistic" is used about 115 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 115 | 30,138 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "monopolistic": monopolistic competition. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "monopolistic": pre-monopolistic, quasi-monopolistic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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monopolistic competition | 39 |
monopolistic state | 8 |
monopolistic | 5 |
compensation monopolistic state worker | 3 |
market monopolistic | 3 |
competition example monopolistic | 3 |
auto competition industry monopolistic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "monopolistic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | monopolistik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | монополистичен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 独 性. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | monopolní (monopolist), monopolistický (monopolist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | monopolistisk konkurrence (monopolistic competition), virksomhedernes monopolistiske adfærd (monopolistic behaviour by firms), driftsoverskud fra offentlige virksomheder,der uden at være fiskale monopoler,har en monopolstilling (although not fiscal monopolies, occupy a monopolistic position, operating surpluses of public enterprises which). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | monopolistische concurrentie (monopolistic competition), monopoliegedrag bij het bedrijfsleven (monopolistic behaviour by firms), exploitatiewinsten van overheidsbedrijven die,hoewel zij geen overheidsmonopolies vormen,toch een monopolistische positie innemen (although not fiscal monopolies, occupy a monopolistic position, operating surpluses of public enterprises which). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | excédents d'exploitation des entreprises publiques qui,sans constituer des monopoles fiscaux,occupent une position monopolistique (although not fiscal monopolies, occupy a monopolistic position), concurrence monopolistique (monopolistic competition), comportement monopolistique des sociétés (monopolistic behaviour by firms). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | monopolistisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μονοπωλιακόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | monopolizáló. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | monopolistico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 独 的 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | どくせ"てき. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onopolisticmay excedentes de exploração das empresas públicas que,embora não constituindo monopólios fiscais,ocupam uma posição monopolista (although not fiscal monopolies, occupy a monopolistic position, operating surpluses of public enterprises which), comportamento monopolístico das sociedades (monopolistic behaviour by firms). (various references) monopolist (monopolist). (various references) монополистический. (various references) monopolistički. (various references) monopolístico. (various references) monopolistisk. (various references) tekele ait, tekelci (monopolist). (various references) монополістичний. (various references) người tán th nh chế độ tư bản độc quyền (monopolist), người độc quyền (monopolist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "monopolistic": monopolistically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "monopolistic" (pronounced munÄ'puli"stik) |
| 7 | -u l i" s t i k | ballistic, capitalistic, dualistic, fatalistic, feudalistic, idealistic, imperialistic, individualistic, journalistic, legalistic, materialistic, moralistic, nationalistic, naturalistic, novelistic, paternalistic, pluralistic, realistic, ritualistic, sensationalistic, socialistic. |
| 6 | -l i" s t i k | holistic, oligopolistic, simplistic, stylistic, surrealistic, unrealistic. |
| 5 | -i" s t i k | altruistic, anachronistic, antagonistic, artistic, atheistic, autistic, characteristic, chauvinistic, coloristic, cystic, deterministic, euphemistic, expressionistic, futuristic, hedonistic, humanistic, impressionistic, jingoistic, linguistic, logistic, mechanistic, militaristic, mystic, narcissistic, opportunistic, optimistic, pantheistic, patristic, pessimistic, polytheistic, primitivistic, propagandistic, puristic, relativistic, sadistic, statistic, synergistic, terroristic, uncharacteristic, voyeuristic. |
| 4 | -s t i k | acoustic, agnostic, atavistic, bombastic, caustic, diagnostic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dynastic, ecclesiastic, elastic, enthusiastic, evangelistic, fantastic, gymnastic, iconoclastic, inelastic, interscholastic, majestic, masochistic, monastic, onomastic, plastic, rustic, sarcastic, scholastic, thermoplastic, unenthusiastic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, alphabetic, amniotic, analytic, anesthetic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, arthritic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, athletic, attic, authentic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, catalytic, cathartic, chaotic, charismatic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, diabetic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, dramatic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enzymatic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, exotic, extragalactic, fanatic, ferromagnetic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, halophytic, hectic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, homeostatic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, lymphatic, magnetic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, narcotic, neritic, neurotic, numismatic, operatic, optic, orthodontic, pancreatic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, patriotic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, phonetic, phosphatic, pneumatic, poetic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, quixotic, rheumatic, robotic, romantic, schematic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, septic, skeptic, static, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unpatriotic, unsympathetic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-o-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: composition. | |
-2 letters: monopolist. | |
-3 letters: cooptions, implosion, politicos, postilion. | |
-4 letters: cipolins, coitions, colistin, colonist, colpitis, complins, complots, cooption, copilots, inositol, isonomic, isotonic, isotopic, mispoint, monistic, monocots, nomistic, picolins, pinitols, politico, politics, position, psilocin, psilotic, stolonic, tompions. | |
-5 letters: cipolin, clonism, coition, colitis, complin, complot, compost, copilot, coplots, inclips, locoism, lotions, miotics, miscoin, monocot, moonlit, motions, oolitic, opsonic. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-o-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: compositional. | |
+3 letters: compositionally, cosmopolitanism. | |
+4 letters: cosmopolitanisms, monopolistically. | |
+5 letters: copolymerizations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 6E 6F 70 6F 6C 69 73 74 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- --- -. --- .--. --- .-.. .. ... - .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01101110 01101111 01110000 01101111 01101100 01101001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o n o p o l i s t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 006E 006F 0070 006F 006C 0069 0073 0074 0069 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)478180818281787585867569 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Quotations: Speeches 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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