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nonimportation

nonimportation noun: a policy of refusing to import goods; especially the policy in 18th-century colonial America of preventing imports from Britain.

Noun

nonimportation (countable and uncountable, plural nonimportations)

  1. A policy of refusing to import goods; especially the policy in 18th-century colonial America of preventing imports from Britain

Forms of nonimportation

pluralnonimportations

Origin of nonimportation

From non- + importation.

Questions about nonimportation

What does nonimportation mean?
Nonimportation means a policy of refusing to import goods; especially the policy in 18th-century colonial America of preventing imports from Britain.
What part of speech is nonimportation?
Nonimportation is a noun.
What is the plural of nonimportation?
The plural of nonimportation is nonimportations.

Words near nonimportation in the dictionary

  1. nonimplied
  2. nonimport
  3. nonimportable
  4. nonimportance
  5. nonimportant
  6. nonimportation
  7. nonimportations
  8. nonimported
  9. nonimporting
  10. nonimports
  11. nonimposed

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