protectionist

Language: en

🇺🇸 /prəˈtɛkʃənɪst/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A person who advocates for protectionism, especially the use of tariffs, quotas, and other trade barriers to shield domestic industries from foreign competition.
  2. adjective
    Relating to or advocating protectionism; favoring policies that restrict international trade to protect domestic industries.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: protectionists Comparative: more protectionist Superlative: most protectionist

Collocations

protectionist policiesprotectionist measuresprotectionist tariffsprotectionist sentimentprotectionist trade barriersprotectionist stance

Derivatives

protectionismprotectionprotectprotectiveprotectorunprotectedprotectively

Synonyms

isolationistnationalistrestrictivemercantilist

Antonyms

free-tradeliberal

Commonly confused

protectionism
EN: 'Protectionism' is the economic policy or ideology itself; 'protectionist' is a person who advocates it or an adjective describing such policies.
protection
EN: 'Protection' is the general act of protecting; 'protectionist' specifically relates to trade/economic policy favoring domestic industries.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember that 'protectionist' ends in '-ist' (the person/adjective), while 'protectionism' ends in '-ism' (the ideology). Do not confuse the two suffixes.

💬 Examples

  1. The protectionist argued that tariffs were necessary to save local manufacturing jobs.

  2. The government adopted a protectionist stance by imposing heavy tariffs on imported steel.