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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

desregulação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: desregulação

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
deregulation/ˌdiːˌreɡjuˈleɪʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15420 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A desregulação dos transportes melhorou o serviço."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry.

    "The deregulation of the airline industry led to lower ticket prices and more choices for consumers."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the mid-20th century, formed from the prefix de- (denoting removal or reversal) + regulation, gaining prominence during economic policy shifts in the 1970s and 1980s.

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