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protectionisms

protectionisms is the plural of protectionism.

Meaning of protectionism

Noun

protectionism (countable and uncountable, plural protectionisms)

  1. 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
  2. Linguistic purism.

Questions about protectionisms

What is protectionisms the plural of?
Protectionisms is the plural of protectionism.

Words near protectionisms in the dictionary

  1. protection racket
  2. protection rackets
  3. protectional
  4. protectionary
  5. protectionism
  6. protectionisms
  7. protectionist
  8. protectionistic
  9. protectionists
  10. protectionless
  11. protections

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