PROTECTIONIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An advocate of protectionism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("protectionist" is a kind of...):

advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)

Derivation:

protectionism (the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition)

Credits