protectionist
Meanings
adj
- Of or pertaining to protectionism, or an advocate thereof.
noun
- Someone who believes in protecting domestic producers by impeding or limiting the importation of foreign goods and services via actions taken by government.
- A linguistic purist.
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Borrowed from French protectionniste, equivalent to protection + -ist.
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