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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Protectionism \Pro*tec"tion*ism\, n. (Polit. Econ.)
   The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection,
   4.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

protectionism
    n 1: the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order
         to protect home industries from overseas competition