economic nationalism

[ ek-uh-nom-ik nash-uh-nl-iz-uhm, nash-nuh-liz-, ee-kuh- ]

noun

1. a protectionist ideology that prioritizes national self-sufficiency and security, typically advocating tariffs and other legislation to resist foreign investment and ensure that international trade results in a trade surplus and military advantage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of economic nationalism¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Then veers into shameful display of economic nationalism, criticizing Romney for investing money in companies that outsourced.

From The Daily Beast

This is a path that treads a thin line, as history should remind us, between economic nationalism and xenophobia.

From The Daily Beast

This harking back to an economic nationalism is a natural reaction of the war, and is fed by a dangerous and precarious peace.

From Project Gutenberg