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adjectiveprotectionistic (comparative more protectionistic, superlative most protectionistic)
comparative more protectionistic · superlative most protectionistic
- Exhibiting or relating to protectionism.
If you don't change the bureaucracy first, the existing protectionistic laws and the Board will derail any positive efforts between management and labor that fall outside the edges of what the NLRB might call the "field of battle."
1996, F. David Pierce, Shifting Safety and Health Paradigms, page 58
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protectionistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protectionistic
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“protectionistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protectionistic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “protectionistic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protectionistic.
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