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desregulación

deregulation

noun des-rreh-goo-lah-SYOHN Rare

Usage Note

Desregulación refers to the removal of government rules from an economic sector. The opposite is regulación, and the verb is desregular. In economic journalism it often appears alongside liberalización as near-synonyms, though technically desregulación removes existing rules while liberalización opens markets to competition.

Examples

"La desregulación del sector energético fue polémica."

Natural Translation

The deregulation of the energy sector was controversial.

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