restrictionism
Curbing outside access
Restrictionism is the policy position or ideology favoring limits on immigration, trade, or other flows across borders.
The term appears most often in debates about immigration policy, where restrictionists advocate for reduced numbers of immigrants or stricter entry requirements: The bill reflected the restrictionism that dominated Congress in the 1920s.
The word carries a neutral-to-critical tone depending on the speaker.
Fixed assigned amount
- capCovering for top
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
border control · visa · deportation · asylum · citizenship · allocation · rationing · apportionment
Taxes on imports
- import dutiesTaxes on incoming goods
- trade barriersRestrictions on cross-border commerce
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- anti-dumpingCountering below-cost imports
subsidies · protectionism · mercantilism · trade war · countervailing · autarky · dumping · retaliation
Supreme independent authority
- borderOuter edge or limit
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
autonomy · homeland · demographics · territory · self-determination · isolationism · national interest · citizenship
Preference for existing institutions
- traditionalismAdherence to inherited customs
- status quoExisting condition of affairs
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
anti-globalism · populism · protectionist · nativist · exclusionary · America First · Brexit · hardliner
quota
Fixed assigned amount
nativism · border control · visa · deportation · asylum · citizenship · allocation · rationing · apportionment · threshold
tariffs
Taxes on imports
- import dutiesTaxes on incoming goods
- trade barriersRestrictions on cross-border commerce
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
anti-dumping · subsidies · protectionism · mercantilism · trade war · countervailing · autarky · dumping · retaliation · trade deficit
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- borderOuter edge or limit
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
xenophobia · autonomy · homeland · demographics · territory · self-determination · isolationism · national interest · citizenship · cultural preservation
conservatism
Preference for existing institutions
- traditionalismAdherence to inherited customs
- status quoExisting condition of affairs
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
orthodoxy · anti-globalism · populism · protectionist · nativist · exclusionary · America First · Brexit · hardliner · hawk
restrictionismopen borders
Unregulated international passage
open-door policy · expansionism · cosmopolitanism · multiculturalism · amnesty
restrictionismopenness
Quality of being accessible
permissiveness · liberalism · free entry · inclusivity · accessibility
restrictionismfree trade
Unrestricted international exchange
liberalization · globalism · internationalism · deregulation · laissez-faire economics