anti-market

adjective

an·​ti-mar·​ket

ˌan-tē-ˈmär-kət,

ˌan-tī- 

: hostile toward or detrimental to free markets

India's involvement shows that in spite of its large budget deficit and somewhat anti-market economic policy, the country remains ready to open its economy further to ensure that its recent rapid growth continues.

—Richard Beales and Martin Hutchinson

Examples of anti-market in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Expanding land and ocean for lease sales will generate revenue that can be used to reduce the net cost of the package; revoking the costly, anti-market clean-energy tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act and the Production Tax Credit could also lead to budget savings. —David Williams, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2025

For all Trump’s success in winning back reluctant conservative billionaires, many of them have seen firsthand the ways in which his erratic behavior and anti-market ideas could disrupt their businesses and the wider economy. —Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024

Sheinbaum identifies as a left-wing politician rooted in the same anti-market and nationalist vision that López Obrador has long championed. —Eduardo García, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-market

• aftermarket
• patriarchate
• supermarket
• market
• nonmarket
• premarket
• upmarket