noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
Canada, General-American:/məˌnɑpəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -eɪʃən
CMU ARPABET:M AH0 N AA2 P AH0 L IH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion of others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: monopolisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: domination
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English monopolize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English monopolization From monopolize + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
اِحْتِكَار
(iḥtikār)
— the act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized
Catalan:
monopolització
— the act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized
Dutch:
monopolisering
— the act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized
Finnish:
monopolisointi
— the act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized
French:
monopolisation
— the act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized
Galician:
monopolización
— the act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized
German:
Monopolisierung
— the act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized
Italian:
monopolizzazione
— the act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized
Kannada:
ಏಕಸ್ವಾಮ್ಯ
(ēkasvāmya)
— the act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized
Portuguese:
monopolização
— the act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized
Russian:
монополиза́ция
(monopolizácija)
— the act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized
Spanish:
monopolización
— the act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized
Tagalog:
monopolisasyon
— the act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized