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What does Monopolistic Competition mean?

A type of imperfect competition such that many producers sell products that are differentiated from one another and hence are not perfect substitutes.

Monopolistic Competition in a sentence
The restaurant industry is a classic example of Monopolistic Competition, with many firms selling differentiated products.

Monopolistic Competition in German, French, Spanish and Italian

German
Monopolistische Konkurrenz

Marktform, bei der viele Anbieter leicht unterschiedliche Produkte verkaufen.

French
Concurrence monopolistique

Situation de marché avec de nombreux offreurs proposant des produits différenciés.

Spanish
Competencia monopolística

Mercado con muchos vendedores de productos similares pero no idénticos.

Italian
Concorrenza monopolistica

Forma di mercato intermedia tra monopolio e concorrenza perfetta.

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