protectionist

Meanings

Plural: protectionists

Noun

an advocate of protectionism
Someone who believes in protecting domestic producers by impeding or limiting the importation of foreign goods and services via actions taken by government.

Adj

Of or pertaining to protectionism, or an advocate thereof.

Origin / Etymology

From French protectionniste. By surface analysis, protection + -ist.

Synonyms

illiberal, procontrol, protectionistic

Antonyms

free-trade, liberal, neoliberal, nonprotectionist

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