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"Monopolistic Competition" is, unless I'm missing something, an oxymoron. "Monopoly" implies "no competitors," so who, precisely, is the monopoly supposed to be competing with?

In an oligopoly, there are a few competitors, so there actually could be some competition; however, the term is generally used in a trust situation where the "competitors" more or less agree not to actually compete.

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