deregulates

Lifts government controls

Deregulates means removes government restrictions or regulations from an industry or activity.

When a government deregulates airlines, banks, or telecommunications, it reduces official oversight and allows market forces greater influence: The administration deregulated the energy sector in the 1990s.

The opposite is regulate.

economy

privatization

State sells public assets

decontrol · competition · antitrust · monopoly · oligopoly · tariffs · subsidies · trade · imports · exports

governance

legislation

Official enactment of statutes

enforcement · bureaucracy · reform · repeal · rollback · dismantling · relaxation · simplification · restrictions · rules

politics

lobbying

Advocating to decision-makers

bills · amendment · campaigns · advocacy · conservatives · Republicans · neoliberal · Thatcher · Reagan · policy

freedom

autonomy

Independent decision-making capacity

discretion · choice · independence · self-determination · empowerment · unrestraint · exemption · liberation · enterprise · opportunity

innovation

startups

Newly launched businesses

fintech · biotech · venture · competition · experimentation · agility · scalability · investment · growth · development

Categories
Opposites
regulatory control

deregulatesregulates

Controls by rules

controls · restricts · oversees · supervises · constrains

governmental intervention

deregulatesnationalizes

Converts to public ownership

takes over · micromanages · subsidizes · protects · privatizes

Phrases
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