nonimportation

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noun

A policy of refusing to import goods; especially the policy in 18th-century colonial America of preventing imports from Britain

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Meanings

nounnonimportation (countable and uncountable, plural nonimportations)

plural nonimportations

  1. countableuncountableA policy of refusing to import goods; especially the policy in 18th-century colonial America of preventing imports from Britain

Origin

From non- + importation.

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APA

nonimportation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonimportation

MLA

“nonimportation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonimportation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonimportation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonimportation.

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