restrictionist
noun
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.
restrictionists
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pluralof restrictionist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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What new immigrants might inflict on this country is the perpetual worry of immigration restrictionists — and yet history keeps proving them wrong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Muzaffar Chishti, head of the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute’s New York office, called this question an “equal opportunity challenge” for its potential effects on immigration challenges brought by immigrant advocates and restrictionists alike.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
That line alarmed restrictionists but essentially said the same thing Mulvaney did to the crowd at Oxford Union.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2020
Giving such a prominent platform to restrictionists doesn’t accomplish that.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2018
The stock answer to the warnings of the restrictionists used to be the assertion that assimilation was taking place with perfectly satisfactory rapidity and completeness.
From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various
