monopolistic.

Relating to monopoly or the exercise of monopoly-like control in a market.

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Words that belong together

• monopolistic power
• monopolistic practice

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The investigation examined monopolistic practices rather than assuming that size alone proved a monopoly.

Monopolistic power allowed the supplier to resist demands that would matter in a more competitive market.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Relational adjective; compare degree only where the context genuinely concerns the strength of the relevant characteristic. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: economic explanation, resource analysis, incentive analysis, comparison. Disciplines: economics, business, social science. Commonness: moderately common.