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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition
Merriam Webster's
noun see protectionist
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Protectionism Pro*tec"tion*ism, n. (Polit. Econ.) The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection, 4.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
Protectionism is the policy some countries have of helping their own industries by putting a large tax on imported goods or by restricting imports in some other way. (BUSINESS) ...talks to promote free trade and avert increasing protectionism.
