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deregulation

noun

Etymology

From de- + regulation.

  1. borrowed from regulatus
  2. suffixed as regulation — “regulate + ion”
  3. prefixed as deregulation — “de + regulation”

Definitions

  1. 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.

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