protectionism

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/pɹəˈtɛk.ʃə.nɪ.zəm/

Definition of protectionism

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noun

(countable, uncountable)A system or policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, duties or other barriers on importations.

“Take the New Right's full-throated embrace of protectionism and industrial policy. This romance with protectionism started in the 1990s with former GOP presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, gained enormous traction under former President Donald Trump, and is still going strong today.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)A system or policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, duties or other barriers on importations.

“Take the New Right's full-throated embrace of protectionism and industrial policy. This romance with protectionism started in the 1990s with former GOP presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, gained enormous traction under former President Donald Trump, and is still going strong today.”
(countable, uncountable)Linguistic purism.

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Borrowed from French protectionnisme, equivalent to protection + -ism.

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