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monopsonistic

UK/məˌnɒpsəˈnɪstɪk/US/məˌnɑpsəˈnɪstɪk/

monopsonistic adjective: being or pertaining to monopsony.

Adjective

monopsonistic (comparative more monopsonistic, superlative most monopsonistic)

  1. Being or pertaining to monopsony.
    • Ghana's monopsonistic cocoa industry continues to be damaged by price exploitation.
    • This paper solves a minimalist growth model with monopsonistic power at the firm level and two production technologies with different degrees of efficiency.2024 November 8, Pietro Garibaldi, Enrico Durilio Turri, “Monopsony in Growth Theory”, in CEPR discussion papers, number DP19652

Forms of monopsonistic

comparativemore monopsonistic
superlativemost monopsonistic

Origin of monopsonistic

From monopsony + -istic. Compare earlier monopolistic.

Words formed from monopsonistic

Questions about monopsonistic

What does monopsonistic mean?
Monopsonistic means being or pertaining to monopsony.
What part of speech is monopsonistic?
Monopsonistic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce monopsonistic?
Monopsonistic is pronounced /məˌnɒpsəˈnɪstɪk/ (UK).

Words near monopsonistic in the dictionary

  1. monoprotonated
  2. monops
  3. monopsonic
  4. monopsonies
  5. monopsonist
  6. monopsonistic
  7. monopsonistically
  8. monopsonists
  9. monopsony
  10. monopsychism
  11. monopsychosis

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