protectionist

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1. protectionist - Noun

2. protectionist - Adjective

Meaning

One who favors protection. See Protection, 4.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Although Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory since 1898, Puerto Ricans were only officially granted U.S. citizenship in 1917 with the Jones Act –– a protectionist, exploitative measure that also imposed strict taxing regulations on imported goods. Source: Internet

All of the Whig leaders attacked this on traditional Whig anti-French and protectionist grounds. Source: Internet

Blake (1967), pp. 322–323 Disraeli's task as Chancellor was to devise a budget which would satisfy the protectionist elements who supported the Tories, without uniting the free-traders against it. Source: Internet

'endless trouble and agitation': Aboriginal agitation in the protectionist era. Source: Internet

"'endless trouble and agitation': Aboriginal agitation in the protectionist era," Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, 2000;28:15–27. Source: Internet

Following independence from Spain in 1811, Paraguay was ruled by a series of dictators who generally implemented isolationist and protectionist policies. Source: Internet

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