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monopoly

market structure with a single firm dominating the market
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Summary

monopoly is an economic concept[1]. monopoly ranks in the top 2% of economic concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,944 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: market structure[3]
  • Part of: microeconomics[4]
  • Commons category: Monopoly (economics)[5]
  • Said to be the same as: monopoly market[6]
  • Opposite of: monopsony[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Monopoly (economics)[8]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], The New Student's Reference Work[11]
  • Has contributing factor: patent[12], secrecy[13], consolidation[14], anti-competitive practices[15], trade barrier[16], barrier to entry[17], precedence[18], control[19]
  • Different from: Monopole[20]
  • Studied by: economics[21]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]

Why It Matters

monopoly has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] monopoly is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

economics microeconomics

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 4419
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Consumer rights wiki article id: 4419, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297029233|Monopoly (#297029233)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8142|‎Consumer Rig"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3gkb6W
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 4244
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 4244, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107286405|monopolies (#107286405)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Class"
  4. 16w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → ['monopolija-1', 'monopolija']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: monopolija"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0230242-monopoly
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0230242-monopoly, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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