"Monopoly" meaning "exclusive control of supply by a single group" is actually a a backformation. Monopoly originally meant "thoughts of an unserious nature", as in the phrases "monopoly money" and "state monopoly on violence"

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"Monopoly" meaning "exclusive control of supply by a single group" is actually a a backformation. Monopoly originally meant "thoughts of an unserious nature", as in the phrases "monopoly money" and "state monopoly on violence"