protectionism

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition

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

List’s Protectionism, as we may guess from what precedes, possesses original features. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
But mostly it represented entries into sectors where they're trying to get the jump on protectionism, start a token manufacturing operation here before they get shut out. — The Samurai Strategy, Thomas Hoover
My opinion of intellectual protectionism I have often voiced: I believe it presents a great peril; on the other hand, any essay in intellectual denationalization involves a risk no less considerable. — Dostoevsky, André Gide

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