protectionism
English
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from French protectionnisme. Surface etymology is protection + -ism.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /pɹəˈtekʃənɪzəm/
- Audio (U.S.A.) - (file) 
Noun
    
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
    
a policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product by imposing tariffs, quotas or other barriers on imports
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