restrictionist
Favors tighter borders
A restrictionist favors limiting something—typically immigration, trade, or government policy.
The term appears most often in debates over immigration policy, where restrictionists advocate for reduced numbers or stricter requirements: Restrictionists argue that high immigration depresses wages.
The word can function as an adjective: restrictionist policies, restrictionist sentiment.
Hatred of outsiders
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- hardlinerStrict policy advocate
quota · border · vetting · asylum · refugee · visa · entry · screening
Devotion to one's country
- populismPolitics favoring ordinary citizens
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- identityWho someone is
- demographyStatistical study of populations
right-wing · reactionary · traditionalist · nativist · anti-globalization · protectionist · isolationist · ethnonationalist
Official enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- capCovering for top
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
prohibition · constraint · moratorium · clampdown · limit · threshold · ban · crackdown
Taxes on imports
- quotasMandated numerical limits
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- subsidiesFinancial aid from government
autarky · dumping · retaliation · customs · protectionism · localization · anti-dumping · countervailing
xenophobia
Hatred of outsiders
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
hardliner · quota · border · vetting · asylum · refugee · visa · entry · screening · moratorium
nationalism
Devotion to one's country
- populismPolitics favoring ordinary citizens
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- identityWho someone is
demography · right-wing · reactionary · traditionalist · nativist · anti-globalization · protectionist · isolationist · ethnonationalist
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- capCovering for top
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
curtailment · prohibition · constraint · moratorium · clampdown · limit · threshold · ban · crackdown · mandate
tariffs
Taxes on imports
- quotasMandated numerical limits
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
subsidies · autarky · dumping · retaliation · customs · protectionism · localization · anti-dumping · countervailing
restrictionistexpansionist
Favoring territorial growth
liberalizer · globalist · cosmopolitan · multiculturalist · integrationist
restrictionistliberalizer
One who loosens controls
deregulator · expansionist · abolitionist · free trader · libertarian
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