protectionist
Someone who believes in protecting domestic producers by impeding or limiting the…Someone who believes in protecting domestic producers by impeding or limiting the importation of foreign goods and services via actions taken by government.
» Algeria's protectionist measures need to be changed.
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2 sensesSomeone who believes in protecting domestic producers by impeding or limiting the importation of foreign goods and services via actions taken by government.
Protektionist, Protektionistin
протекциони́стprotɛkcioníst, протекциони́сткаprotɛkcionístka
A linguistic purist.
- an advocate of protectionism
Examples
9 sentencesAlgeria's protectionist measures need to be changed.
Algeria has its own reasons to adopt its protectionist policy.
Algeria is incredibly protectionist.
Algeria adopted protectionist policies.
Algeria has protectionist trade policies.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French protectionniste, equivalent to protection + -ist.Borrowed from French protectionniste, equivalent to protection + -ist.
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Forms
plural: protectionists| Singular | protectionist |
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Word family
1 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.