monopolist

[ muh-nop-uh-list ]

noun

1. a person who has a monopoly.
2. an advocate of monopoly.

Other Words From

• mo·nopo·listic adjective
• mo·nopo·listi·cal·ly adverb
• anti·mo·nopo·list noun adjective
• anti·mo·nopo·listic adjective
• nonmo·nopo·listic adjective
• promo·nopo·listic adjective
• semi·mo·nopo·listic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of monopolist¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; monopol(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

“Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” he wrote.

From BBC

“We saw it as a very strong foundation, to be able to argue to a court that Google, this illegal monopolist in general search, is actually abusing that monopoly to also dominate a local search market and a local search advertising market through self-preferencing.”

From Los Angeles Times

It comes weeks after a federal judge ruled Google violated antitrust laws and is a monopolist on web searches, paving the way for Yelp and potentially other companies to sue Google for antitrust practices.

From Los Angeles Times

The decision found that Google was an effective monopolist in two specific markets, defined by the court as “general search services and general search text advertising.”

From Slate

What’s important here is that Mehta does not view Google as a monopolist for all digital advertising or even all digital search advertising, such as the visual previews that appear in results only when people search for things to buy.

From Slate