protectionism

English Thesaurus

1. the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	economic policy,
definition	:	a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	import barrier, trade barrier,
definition	:	any regulation or policy that restricts international trade (noun.communication)

derivation	:	protectionist,
definition	:	an advocate of protectionism (noun.person)

derivation	:	protectionist,
definition	:	an advocate of protectionism (noun.person)