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deregulationist

deregulationist adjective: opposing (statist) regulations on a product, service, or matter.

Adjective

deregulationist (not comparable)

  1. Opposing (statist) regulations on a product, service, or matter.

Noun

deregulationist (plural deregulationists)

  1. An opponent of (statist) regulations on a product, service, or matter.

Antonyms of deregulationist

Forms of deregulationist

pluralderegulationists

Origin of deregulationist

From deregulation + -ist. Attested since the 20th century.

Questions about deregulationist

What does deregulationist mean?
Deregulationist means opposing (statist) regulations on a product, service, or matter.
What part of speech is deregulationist?
Deregulationist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near deregulationist in the dictionary

  1. deregulate
  2. deregulated
  3. deregulates
  4. deregulating
  5. deregulation
  6. deregulationist
  7. deregulationists
  8. deregulations
  9. deregulator
  10. deregulators
  11. deregulatory

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