🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

반독점

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ban-dokjeom

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Antimonopoly/ˌæn.ti.məˈnɒp.ə.li/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"정부는 강력한 반독점 정책을 시행하고 있습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Opposed to monopolies or trusts; favoring laws and policies that prevent market domination by a single entity.

    "The senator introduced strict antimonopoly legislation to protect small businesses and consumers."
As noun
  1. 1

    Policies, actions, or political movements aimed at preventing or breaking up monopolies.

    "The government's renewed focus on antimonopoly has led to several high-profile tech investigations."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek prefix 'anti-' meaning 'against' or 'opposed to', combined with 'monopoly', which traces back to the Greek 'monopolion' (from 'monos' meaning 'alone' or 'single' + 'polein' to sell). The compound emerged in the late 19th century during the rise of large industrial trusts in the United States to describe laws, policies, and political movements opposing corporate concentration.

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