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PROTECTIONIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does protectionist mean?
• PROTECTIONIST (noun)
The noun PROTECTIONIST has 1 sense:
1. an advocate of protectionism
Familiarity information: PROTECTIONIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An advocate of protectionism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("protectionist" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Derivation:
protectionism (the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition)
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