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13 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition
originBorrowed from French protectionnisme, equivalent to protection + -ism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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