protectionism

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɹəˈtɛk.ʃə.nɪ.zəm/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛkʃənɪzəm
  • Hyphenation: pro‧tec‧tio‧ni‧sm

Noun

protectionism (countable and uncountable, plural protectionisms)

  1. (politics, economics) 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.
    • 2024 March 20, Veronique de Rugy, “The Political Right Has Luxury Beliefs, Too”, in Reason‎[1]:
      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.
  2. Linguistic purism.

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