protectionism
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French protectionnisme. By surface analysis, protection + -ism.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
protectionism (countable and uncountable, plural protectionisms)
- (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.
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Translations edit
a policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product by imposing tariffs, quotas or other barriers on imports
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