protectionism.

A policy of shielding domestic producers from foreign competition through trade restrictions.

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Words that belong together

• trade protectionism
• rising protectionism

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Rising protectionism complicated the firm's export plans.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, social science. Commonness: moderately common.