deregulation
deregulation noun: the process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation.
Noun
deregulation (countable and uncountable, plural deregulations)
- The process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation.
- Some say the airline industry has been profitable since the government began deregulation of it.
- Because of deregulation and the drive to lower costs, Mr. Lorr said, truckers are now regarded by many companies as just another replaceable part. Some can barely eke out a living.2020 September 24, Alex Williams, “The Ugly (and Glorious) Truth About American Supermarkets”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020
deregulation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
deregulation in Hindi
- नियंत्रणमुक्त करना
deregulation in Tamil
- கட்டுப்பாடு நீக்கம்
deregulation in Marathi
- नियंत्रणमुक्ती, नियंत्रणमुक्त करणे
deregulation in Bengali
- নিষেধাজ্ঞা অপসারণের প্রক্রিয়া
More languagesFewer languages
- deregulation in Telugu
- నియంత్రణ తొలగింపు
- deregulation in Odia
- ନିଯ଼ନ୍ତ୍ରଣ ଉଚ୍ଛେଦ, ନିଯ଼ନ୍ତ୍ରଣମୁକ୍ତିକରଣ
- deregulation in Tagalog
- deregulasyon
- deregulation in Malay
- penyahkawalseliaan
- deregulation in Indonesian
- deregulasi
Examples of deregulation in a sentence
- With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.
- Britain would become “a hostile principality, built on social, fiscal and environmental deregulation.”
- In The Nation, Jeet Heer recently wrote that abundance “amounts to a new iteration of neoliberalism promoting deregulation and business-friendly policies.”
Forms of deregulation
| plural | deregulations |
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Origin of deregulation
From de- + regulation.
Words formed from deregulation
Words that rhyme with deregulation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about deregulation
- What does deregulation mean?
- Deregulation means the process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation.
- What is deregulation in Hindi?
- Deregulation in Hindi is नियंत्रणमुक्त करना. See Deregulation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is deregulation?
- Deregulation is a noun.
- What is the plural of deregulation?
- The plural of deregulation is deregulations.
Words near deregulation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deregulation (page history and authors); deregulation (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deregulation (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deregulation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deregulation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deregulation (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deregulation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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