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restrictionist

[ri-strik-shuh-niz-uhm]

noun

a policy, especially by a national government or legislative body, of enacting restrictions on the amount of imported goods, immigration, etc.

Origin:
1935–40; restriction + -ism

Related forms

re·stric·tion·ist, noun

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restriction (rɪˈstrɪkʃən)

—n
1.	something that restricts; a restrictive measure, law, etc
2.	the act of restricting or the state of being restricted
3.	logic, maths a condition that imposes a constraint on the possible values of a variable or on the domain of arguments of a function

re'strictionist

—n, —*adj*

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