出典:Wiktionary
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*h₃ligos |
From oligo- (prefix meaning ‘few; several’) + -poly (suffix meaning ‘pertaining to the number of sellers in a market’), by analogy with monopoly.[1]
oligopoly (複数形 oligopolies)
Not to be confused with oligarchy, although oligarchs can also be oligopolists, as for example in petrostates.