restrictionist

American  

[ri-strik-shuhn-ist] / rɪˈstrɪk ʃən ɪst /

noun

plural

restrictionists

1. a person who supports or advocates for the addition of restrictions on a policy or practice, especially on the amount of immigration or imported goods allowed into a country.

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adjective

1. of or relating to restrictionism.

Other Word Forms

• restrictionism
  noun

Example Sentences

All the other states, who controlled international and interstate migration, were restrictionist.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

Miller’s allies in the immigration restrictionist movement — those who are seeking to curb the number of foreigners coming to the United States — say he has done more than anyone to advance their cause.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2019

While the restrictionist movement had long taken that principle to heart, he said “Stephen understood how to operationalize it.”

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2019

In moving to Sessions’ Senate suite, Miller arrived at a crossroads for the restrictionist movement’s people and ideas.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2019

Dr. Bigelow is speaking as a restrictionist against the free and unlimited vivisection which he rightly foresaw was about to be introduced into this country, and which has become the practice of the present day.

From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert