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PROTECTIONISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("protectionism" is a kind of...):
economic policy (a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "protectionism"):
import barrier; trade barrier (any regulation or policy that restricts international trade)
Derivation:
protectionist (an advocate of protectionism)
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