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restrictionism en · NOUN

Etymology

From restriction + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The advocacy of restrictions on free trade, immigration etc.
    • It was another chapter in a dismal saga of Nimbyist urban mismanagement that is crushing American cities. Not-in-my-backyardism is a bipartisan sentiment, but because the largest American cities are populated and run by Democrats — many in states under complete Democratic control — this sort of nakedly exclusionary urban restrictionism is a particular shame of the left. 2019 May 22, Farhad Manjoo, “America’s Cities Are Unlivable. Blame Wealthy Liberals.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2019:

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