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economic nationalism

economic nationalism noun: economic policies that favour the home nation, sometimes at the expense of other nations.

Noun

economic nationalism (usually uncountable, plural economic nationalisms)

  1. (usually) Economic policies that favour the home nation, sometimes at the expense of other nations.
    • The risk of that V-shaped recession being drawn out into a U, or even the dreaded L – a blow from which we barely recover, bumping along the bottom for years – grows if world leaders retreat into economic nationalism.2020 April 9, Gaby Hinsliff, “We used to moan about normal life, now our fear is we'll never get it back”, in The Guardian

Forms of economic nationalism

pluraleconomic nationalisms

Questions about economic nationalism

What does economic nationalism mean?
Economic nationalism means economic policies that favour the home nation, sometimes at the expense of other nations.
What part of speech is economic nationalism?
Economic nationalism is a noun.
What is the plural of economic nationalism?
The plural of economic nationalism is economic nationalisms.

Words near economic nationalism in the dictionary

  1. economic migrants
  2. economic moat
  3. economic moats
  4. economic mobilities
  5. economic mobility
  6. economic nationalism
  7. economic nationalisms
  8. economic output
  9. economic outputs
  10. economic rationalism
  11. economic refugee

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