protectionism
Syllables: pro·tec·tio·ni·sm/pɹəˈtɛk.ʃə.nɪ.zəm/
protectionism noun: 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.
Noun
protectionism (countable and uncountable, plural protectionisms)
- 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.
- Take the New Right's full-throated embrace of protectionism and industrial policy. This romance with protectionism started in the 1990s with former GOP presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, gained enormous traction under former President Donald Trump, and is still going strong today.2024 March 20, Veronique de Rugy, “The Political Right Has Luxury Beliefs, Too”, in Reason
- Linguistic purism.
protectionism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Punjabi
protectionism in Hindi
- a policy of protecting the domestic producers by imposing tariffs etc.
- संरक्षणवाद sanrakṣaṇvād
protectionism in Tamil
- a policy of protecting the domestic producers by imposing tariffs etc.
- பாதுகாப்புவாதம் pātukāppuvātam
protectionism in Kannada
- ರಕ್ಷಣಾ ನೀತಿ
protectionism in Punjabi
- a policy of protecting the domestic producers by imposing tariffs etc.
- ਸੁਰੱਖਿਆਵਾਦ surakkhiāvād
More languagesFewer languages
- protectionism in Arabic
- حِمَائِيَّة ḥimāʔiyya
- protectionism in Indonesian
- proteksionisme
- protectionism in Persian
- حمایتگرایی hemâyat-garâyi
- protectionism in Thai
- ลัทธิคุ้มครอง lát-tí-kúm-krɔɔng
- protectionism in Vietnamese
- bảo hộ mậu dịch
Forms of protectionism
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Origin of protectionism
Borrowed from French protectionnisme, equivalent to protection + -ism.
Words formed from protectionism
Words that rhyme with protectionism
Questions about protectionism
- What does protectionism mean?
- Protectionism means 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.
- What is protectionism in Hindi?
- Protectionism in Hindi is संरक्षणवाद (sanrakṣaṇvād). See Protectionism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is protectionism?
- Protectionism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce protectionism?
- Protectionism is pronounced /pɹəˈtɛk.ʃə.nɪ.zəm/.
- What is the plural of protectionism?
- The plural of protectionism is protectionisms.
Words near protectionism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: protectionism (page history and authors); protectionism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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