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n. A very large, powerful corporation.
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Megacorporation, or megacorp, a term popularized by William Gibson, derives from the combination of the prefix mega- with the word corporation. It has become widespread in cyberpunk literature. It refers to a corporation (normally fictional) that is a massive conglomerate, holding monopolistic or near-monopolistic control over multiple markets (thus exhibiting both a horizontal and a vertical monopoly). Megacorps are so powerful that they can ignore the law, possess their own heavily armed (often military-sized) private armies, hold "sovereign" territory, and possibly even act as outright governments. They often exercise a large degree of control over their employees, taking the idea of " corporate culture" to an extreme. Such organizations as a staple of science fiction long predate cyberpunk, appearing in the works of writers such as Philip K. Dick ( Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, 1968), Thea von Harbou ( Metropolis, 1927), Robert A. Heinlein ( Citizen of the Galaxy, 1957), Robert Asprin ( The Cold Cash War, 1977), Andre Norton ( the Solar Queen novels) and David Weber (" the "Honorverse" novels).
Usage examples of "megacorporation".
Besieged by solicitations for products and services we neither want nor need, misrepresented and misgoverned by corrupt politicians beholden to multinational megacorporations, and reduced to involuntary servitude by usurious financial institutions, we are not so much consumers as we are in danger of being consumed.
Cornelius Braxton and his board director Arthur Neverlin for control of the huge megacorporation Braxton Universis.
He heard the words but only half listened as the man spoke of the deal with Giovanni and the megacorporation known as Pentex.
Imagine the Dutch West India Company funded by Microsoft, Matsushita and a dozen or so of their megacorporation buddies.
She was persona non grata around here, having been impertinent enough to ask questions about the corporate structure and political affiliations of the mysterious megacorporation that had sprung up out of nowhere in the last few years, and having compounded her crime by asking those questions in print.
I thought you were too tough to let a little thing like a megalomaniac megacorporation intent on murder get you upset.
Part of the point of having rules was so the megacorporations could find ways around them.
The megacorporations spared no expense where authenticity was concerned.
Only a few resource-exploitation centers belonging to megacorporations remained in the interior, and even their lifelines were tenuous.
The megacorporations were polluting and raping earth into oblivion until the Awakened magic turned back some of the tide.
Web while multi national megacorporations scheme to exploit the poorer populations of the Third World.
Logan Tower had been built after the megacorporations had asserted their control over the Hong Kong territory and disposed of the British stalking horses who had led the re-separation of Hong Kong from China.
And—always a critical factor in the world inhabited by government agencies and the megacorporations with whom they maintained an incestuous relationship—the Phobos project kept the existing vested interests happy.