Similar words: protection, environmental protection, protective, overprotective, protective tariff, protect, perfectionist, protector. Meaning: [prə'tekʃənɪzm] 
n. the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition.
n. the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition. 91, Lamy says China sees the WTO as a bulwark against protectionism.
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