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deregulationist

adj

Etymology

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

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

Definitions

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

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

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