protectionist
IPA: prʌtˈɛkʃʌnɪst
noun
- Someone who believes in protecting domestic producers by impeding or limiting the importation of foreign goods and services via actions taken by government.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to protectionism, or an advocate thereof.
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Examples of "protectionist" in Sentences
- Protectionist legislation indeed.
- You're right, he's a Protectionist.
- He was known as a staunch protectionist.
- Lyons was considered a trade protectionist.
- Subsidies are actually a protectionist tool.
- It was a conservative and protectionist party.
- Antarctica will be protectionist, and a little xenophobic.
- Buchanan is a traditional protectionist, not a modern protectionist.
- They are economic protectionists ruinous to the economy of the UK.
- Reluctance to redress, may reflect protectionist proclivities of that nation.