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独占的競争 (どくせんてききょうそう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

独どく占せん的てき競きょう争そう

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Meanings

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monopolistic competition

Economics term for a market structure where many firms sell differentiated products and have some control over pricing.

独どく占せん的てき競きょう争そうの市し場じょうでは、各かく企き業ぎょうが製せい品

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In a market of monopolistic competition, each firm tries to differentiate its products.

Kanji

独single, alone, spontaneously
占fortune-telling, divining, forecasting
的bull's eye, mark, target
競emulate, compete with, bid
争contend, dispute, argue

Related words

完かん全ぜん競きょう争そう
Perfect competition, where many firms sell identical products and no single firm can influence the market price.
寡か占せん
Oligopoly, where a small number of firms dominate the market.
独どく占せん
Monopoly, where a single firm controls the entire market.

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独どく占せん的てき+

Etymology

Compound of 独占的 (monopolistic) and 競争 (competition), a direct translation of the English economics term 'monopolistic competition'.

競きょう争そう