confusopoly
/kənˌfjuːˈzɒpəli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An economic condition whereby the market force of competition is evaded via intentional obfuscation.
Example Sentences
- "Be aware that BT have just cut some prices, *and* introduced a new tariff that you can buy your way onto. Beware however that it's an even bigger confusopoly than it was before."
- "Instead of the power of monopoly, consumers lose to the power of confusopoly."
- "One of the main reasons to have competition is that it leads to lower prices. So now we have a confusopoly where innumerable providers are all offering us special deals but actual prices are being kept artificially high."