deregulatory
Reducing government oversight
Deregulatory describes actions, policies, or forces that reduce or remove government regulations.
A deregulatory agenda seeks to roll back rules governing industries like banking, energy, or telecommunications.
The administration's deregulatory push faced legal challenges.
The term appears most often in political and economic contexts, typically contrasted with regulatory approaches.
Anti-statist political adherent
- free marketCommerce without state intervention
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- devolutionTransferring power locally
autonomy · decontrol · privatization · limited government · neoliberal · pro-business
State sells public assets
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- antitrustAgainst corporate market dominance
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- oligopolyFew firms dominate market
liberalization · free market · capitalism · trading · commodities · securities · decontrol · price controls
Return to prior condition
- repealAnnul a statute
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- amendmentChange to official text
revision · overhaul · streamlining · simplification · loosening · relaxation · reduction · rescission
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- red tapeBureaucratic obstacles to action
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
licensing · inspection · monitoring · supervision · standards · certification · accountability · administration
Remote signal transmission technology
- airlinesCommercial flight operators
- bankingFinancial institution transactions
- energyPower to do work
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
financial services · broadcasting · trucking · railroads · healthcare · insurance · pharmaceuticals · natural gas
libertarian
Anti-statist political adherent
- free marketCommerce without state intervention
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
devolution · autonomy · decontrol · privatization · limited government · neoliberal · pro-business
privatization
State sells public assets
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- antitrustAgainst corporate market dominance
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
oligopoly · liberalization · free market · capitalism · trading · commodities · securities · decontrol · price controls · barriers to entry
rollback
Return to prior condition
- repealAnnul a statute
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
amendment · revision · overhaul · streamlining · simplification · loosening · relaxation · reduction · rescission · annulment
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- red tapeBureaucratic obstacles to action
enforcement · licensing · inspection · monitoring · supervision · standards · certification · accountability · administration · adherence
telecommunications
Remote signal transmission technology
utilities · financial services · broadcasting · trucking · railroads · healthcare · insurance · pharmaceuticals · natural gas · electricity
deregulatoryregulatory
Involving official oversight
interventionist · statist · protectionist · restrictive · paternalistic
deregulatoryrestrictive
Imposing narrow boundaries
constraining · controlling · prescriptive · rule-bound · regimented