anti-regulatory

adjective

an·​ti-reg·​u·​la·​to·​ry ˌan-tē-ˈre-gyə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē How to pronounce anti-regulatory (audio) ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-regulatory (audio)
also -ˈrā-
variants or less commonly antiregulatory
: characterized by or expressing opposition to government regulation
The plan was instantly and angrily denounced by the hospital industry and anti-regulatory conservatives.—Lawrence D. Brown

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Warsh is known for his free-market and anti-regulatory views, as well as his belief that artificial intelligence could reshape the economy — and, by extension, monetary policy. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026 Anthropic also noted its safety policy was out of step with Washington’s current anti-regulatory political climate. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026 The administration's anti-regulatory actions, especially at EPA, now put this into question. — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025 The move would stand in contrast to the administration’s generally anti-regulatory approach to industry and comes in the wake of Anthropic voluntarily postponing the release of its latest AI model, Mythos. — Ahmed Hamza, The Conversation, 5 May 2026 In 2009, Thiel, a co-founder of Palantir and Pay-Pal and an early investor in Facebook, laid down the anti-regulatory gauntlet in an article published by the Cato Institute. — Michael Posner, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2026 But the national narrative around Bores’s race had a different meaning, given that three of the super PACs supporting him were backed by industry entities critical of OpenAI and other pro-innovation, anti-regulatory industry players. — Tina Nguyen, The Verge, 24 June 2026

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First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-regulatory was in 1939

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“Anti-regulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-regulatory. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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