monopoliticaladj.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)pəˈlɪtᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌmɑnəpəˈlɪdɪk(ə)l/ rare.
Interested in, involved with, or concerned with monopolies.
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1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. 7 ‘The confounded public’, as that large and respectable body is frequently styled in the privacies of official and monopolitical life.
1961 Amer. Polit. Rev. 55 405/1 The handful of federal administrators are confronted with an essentially ‘monopolitical’ situation, one in which the entrenched stockmen's interest has little or no competition.
1990 Japan Econ. Jrnl. (Nexis) 7 Apr. 9 Competition is ruled out. Instead monopolitical structures, the combines, predominate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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