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monopolistic, a.|mənɒpəˈlɪstɪk|
[f. prec. + -ic.]
Relating to, or connected with, a monopoly or a system of monopolies. Spec. monopolistic competition, a type of imperfect competition characterized by monopolistic trading.
1883N. York Chr. Union Aug. 30 The monopolistic ‘railroad trunk-line fare-agreement’. 1891Review of Rev. 15 Aug. 171/1 Associated press franchises are a monopolistic possession that gives some newspapers an advantage over others. 1892Nation (N.Y.) 25 Aug. 138/1 The spirit of trades unionism is essentially monopolistic and prescriptive. 1903R. T. Ely Studies in Evolution of Industrial Soc. iv. 196 Private favoritism monopolies are businesses not naturally monopolistic. 1933E. H. Chamberlin Theory of Monopolistic Competition iv. 69 Monopolistic competition..concerns itself not only with the problem of an individual equilibrium (the ordinary theory of monopoly), but also with that of a group equilibrium (the adjustment of economic forces within a group of competing monopolists, ordinarily regarded merely as a group of competitors). 1937[see imperfect a. 11]. 1938E. W. Shanahan Mod. Econ. Organisation x. 235 The movement towards combination..has been successful in establishing monopolistic enterprises. 1942W. B. Taylor Financial Policies of Business Enterprise xxxi. 750 The warp and woof of business enterprise are interwoven with ever-changing threads of competition and monopoly; and when both are found co-existing in a given enterprise, that business is said to be carrying on its functions under conditions of monopolistic competition. 1962Daily Tel. 31 Jan. 10/2 The Monopolies Commission can report on monopolistic practices referred to it. 1964Gould & Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 441/1 Monopolistic competition denotes a condition of partial market control due to the exclusive possession of the trade in some commodity on the part of a seller and limited by the fact that one commodity may be substituted for another with varying degrees of ease. 1969Times 27 Jan. 10/7 It is starting to match monopolistic selling power against monopolistic buying power in the grain market. 1969D. C. Hague Managerial Econ. ii. iv. 87 The first of these [kinds of imperfect competition] can be dealt with quite briefly. It is known as monopolistic competition, though the originator of the term, the American economist Professor E. H. Chamberlin intended this to be used in a slightly different sense.
Hence monopoˈlistically adv.
1923Glasgow Herald 30 July 6 We need no longer cry out to obstructive departmental control and monopolistically inclined private enterprise—‘A plague on both your houses.’ 1957K. A. Wittfogel Oriental Despotism ii. 45 They [sc. industries] were for the most part either directly managed or monopolistically controlled by the hydraulic governments. 1966Economist 26 Feb. 774/1 Rises in dividends are determined individually, not monopolistically. |