protectionism

protectionism

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French protectionnisme. Surface etymology is protection +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈtekʃənɪzəm/

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Noun

protectionism (countable and uncountable, plural protectionisms)

1. (politics, economics) 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.

Related terms

• protectionist

Translations

A policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product by imposing tariffs, quotas or other barriers on imports

Armenian: պրոտեկցիոնիզմ (hy) (protekcʿionizm), հովանավորչություն (hovanavorčʿutʿyun) Chinese: Mandarin: 保護主義 (zh), 保护主义 (zh) (bǎo​hù​zhǔ​yì) Finnish: protektionismi (fi) French: protectionnisme (fr) m German: Protektionismus (de) m Hindi: संरक्षणवाद m (sanrakṣaṇvād) Irish: cosantachas Italian: protezionismo (it) m

Japanese: 保護主義 (ほごしゅぎ, hogoshugi) Norwegian: Bokmål: proteksjonisme m Nynorsk: proteksjonisme m Portuguese: protecionismo (pt) m Russian: протекциони́зм (ru) m (protekcionízm) Spanish: proteccionismo (es) m Swedish: protektionism (sv) c