deregulated
Freed from oversight
Deregulated describes industries or sectors from which government regulations have been removed or reduced.
When markets are deregulated, private companies face fewer restrictions on pricing, competition, or operations: deregulated airlines, deregulated electricity markets.
The term often appears in debates about whether less oversight benefits consumers or invites abuse.
State sells public assets
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- decontrolRemove official restrictions
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
neoliberalism · capitalism · competition · antitrust · monopoly · oligopoly · duopoly · cartel
Taking apart systematically
- rollbackReturn to prior condition
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- looseningReducing tightness or tension
- relaxationState of being unwound
flexibility · streamlining · bureaucracy · oversight · compliance · enforcement · watchdog · accountability
Creating something original
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
efficiency · volatility · instability · risk · boom-bust · consolidation · inequality · exploitation
Essential infrastructure services
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- airlinesCommercial flight operators
- bankingFinancial institution transactions
- energyPower to do work
electricity · broadcasting · trucking · railroads · insurance · healthcare · pharmaceuticals · housing
privatization
State sells public assets
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- decontrolRemove official restrictions
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
laissez-faire · neoliberalism · capitalism · competition · antitrust · monopoly · oligopoly · duopoly · cartel · price-fixing
dismantling
Taking apart systematically
- rollbackReturn to prior condition
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- looseningReducing tightness or tension
relaxation · flexibility · streamlining · bureaucracy · oversight · compliance · enforcement · watchdog · accountability · transparency
innovation
Creating something original
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
competition · efficiency · volatility · instability · risk · boom-bust · consolidation · inequality · exploitation · Enron
utilities
Essential infrastructure services
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- airlinesCommercial flight operators
- bankingFinancial institution transactions
energy · electricity · broadcasting · trucking · railroads · insurance · healthcare · pharmaceuticals · housing · agriculture
- policy adjectivesfiscal, domestic, foreign, federal, national
- unregulatedunrestricted, unmonitored, unsupervised, unchecked, lawless
- trade statusapproved, authorized, banned, certified, cleared
deregulatedregulated
Made to follow rules
state-controlled · controlled · supervised · overseen · licensed
deregulatedrestricted
Limited in scope
controlled · constrained · managed · interventionist · command economy
- financial deregulationReducing government economic controls
deregulation, deregulate, deregulating, deregulates, deregulations, deregulatory, deregulator, deregulators