protectionism

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French protectionnisme. Surface etymology is protection +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈtekʃənɪzəm/

• Audio (U.S.A.):

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Noun

protectionism (countable and uncountable, plural protectionisms)

1. (politics, economics) A system or policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, duties or other barriers on importations.

Related terms

• protectionist

Translations

A policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product by imposing tariffs, quotas or other barriers on imports

• Armenian: պրոտեկցիոնիզմ (hy) (protekcʻionizm), հովանավորչություն (hovanavorčʻutʻyun)
• Catalan: proteccionisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保護主義／保护主义 (zh) (bǎohù zhǔyì), 保护主义 (zh) (bǎo​hù​zhǔ​yì)

• Finnish: protektionismi (fi)
• French: protectionnisme (fr) m
• German: Protektionismus (de) m
• Hindi: संरक्षणवाद m (sanrakṣaṇvād)
• Hungarian: protekcionizmus (hu)
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• Irish: cosantachas
• Italian: protezionismo (it) m
• Japanese: 保護主義 (ほごしゅぎ, hogoshugi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: proteksjonisme m

  Nynorsk: proteksjonisme m

• Polish: protekcjonizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: protecionismo (pt) m
• Russian: протекциони́зм (ru) m (protekcionízm)
• Spanish: proteccionismo (es) m
• Swedish: protektionism (sv) c