monopolization
Seizing total control
Monopolization is the act or process of gaining exclusive control over something.
In business, it means dominating a market to eliminate competition: The company's monopolization of the industry drew antitrust scrutiny.
More broadly, it describes taking over anything to the exclusion of others: His monopolization of the conversation left no room for other voices.
Against corporate market dominance
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
cornering · vertical integration · market share · concentration · acquisition · merger · predatory pricing · barriers to entry
Superior influence over others
- strangleholdOppressive, unbreakable control
- gripSecure manual hold
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
hegemony · supremacy · unilateral · unchallenged · centralization · hoarding · gatekeeping · leverage
Against corporate market dominance
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- complianceAdhering to requirements
breakup · divestiture · Clayton Act · FTC · deregulation · intervention · investigation · ruling
Excessive accumulation of goods
- corneringForcing into position
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- exclusive accessPermission limited to few
extraction · commodities · supply chain · bottleneck · rationing · allocation · withholding · accumulation
antitrust
Against corporate market dominance
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
conglomerate · cornering · vertical integration · market share · concentration · acquisition · merger · predatory pricing · barriers to entry · price fixing
dominance
Superior influence over others
- strangleholdOppressive, unbreakable control
- gripSecure manual hold
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
authority · hegemony · supremacy · unilateral · unchallenged · centralization · hoarding · gatekeeping · leverage · chokehold
antitrust
Against corporate market dominance
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
compliance · breakup · divestiture · Clayton Act · FTC · deregulation · intervention · investigation · ruling · consent decree
hoarding
Excessive accumulation of goods
- corneringForcing into position
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
exclusive access · extraction · commodities · supply chain · bottleneck · rationing · allocation · withholding · accumulation · capture
- monopolymarket power, market dominance, market concentration, dominance, market control
- antitrustantitrust, price fixing, cartel, collusion, antitrust laws
- business wrongsunfair competition, passing off, predatory pricing, price fixing, bid rigging
- takeovertakeover, take over, seize power, seizure, coup d'etat
- power grabscoup d'etat, hostile takeover, military coup, overthrow, palace coup
- social trendsincome inequality, feminism, social mobility, environmentalism, wealth gap
monopolizationfree competition
Unrestricted commercial rivalry
perfect competition · competition · competitive market · fair competition · open competition
monopolizationdistribution
Allocation across recipients
dispersal · decentralization · sharing · democratization · diffusion
monopolizationcooperation
Joint action toward shared aims
collaboration · fair dealing · coexistence · mutualism · power-sharing
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