restrictionist
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- adjective
- /rɪˈstrɪkʃənɪst/
- The politician's restrictionist stance on immigration has sparked considerable debate among voters.
- restrictionist immigration policy
Examples
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For example, during the initial Rodino hearings in 1971, LULAC, historically the most stridently restrictionist Mexican-American organization, began to indicate a growing ambivalence on the issue.
Academic text (1991) -
During times of high unemployment or restrictionist sentiment, however, the government discouraged Mexican immigration.
Academic text (1999) -
In fact, he has embraced a restrictionist position on immigration that very few other politicians are willing to embrace.
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Restrictionist opponents maintain that the way to do this is simply to crack down harder, enforcing the laws already on the books.
Academic text (2006) -
These German restrictionist policies resulted from both economic burdens and cultural xenophobia.
Academic text (1997) -
Given this long history of restrictionist sentiment, the overwhelmingly negative Mexican-American response to the Carter Plan in 1977 was truly remarkable.
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The restrictionist ideology first established with Asian immigrants came to be extended to other immigrant groups, including Southern and Eastern Europeans, as they became racialized as threats to the nation.
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Restrictionist opponents counter that a cutoff would mean, at most, a temporary inconvenience for a few employers, who would soon wean themselves from their dependence on foreign workers.
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Many Mexican-American advocates initially supported the government's restrictionist reform proposals in this period, but by the mid-1970s a remarkable new consensus was clearly beginning to take shape among Mexican-American and Chicano political activists.
Academic text (1991) -
Part of the reason for such expressions of hope is not only the Democratic victory, but a seeming resulting openness among some leading Republicans to reassess the wisdom of their hyper-restrictionist ways after a strong majority of Latino voters cast their ballots for the Democratic ticket.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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Limits what people can do by rules or laws
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Keeping someone or something from having full freedom and many choices
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Makes someone or something unable to act freely
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That limits someone's freedom or ability to move
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Causes people to feel limited and unable to act freely
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Making people or groups have less freedom to grow
Antonyms
How Restrictive
- Formal
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- Jargon
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Surface Forms
Morphology
restrictionist = restriction (transparent) = restrict + ion + ist
Formed by the clear noun 'restriction' plus the productive agent/ideological suffix '-ist', so the meaning 'one who favors or supports restrictions' is directly inferable.
Etymology
Restrictionist comes from the word restrict, which originally meant 'to draw tight', like pulling a rope, and so came to mean 'to limit'. The ending -ist, seen in words like artist, marks an approach or belief, so a restrictionist approach is one that favors limits or stricter rules.