nonimportation

1 9.0

Refusal to import goods from another country to protest its actions

noun
/ˌnɒnˌɪmpɔːrˈteɪʃən/

: no importación

After many discussions, the committee decided to adopt a nonimportation policy to support local businesses.

Examples

As part of their strategy, the merchants announced their nonimportation measures to boycott imported goods from the oppressing country.
The first Virginia Nonimportation Association instituted a commercial boycott, not only to defeat the unconstitutional duties, but to restore public virtue by compelling a general commitment to industry and frugality.

Academic text (1996)
The colonists organized a nonimportation agreement to protest against British taxes on essential goods.

Synonyms

boycott

vsnonimportation

89 4.3

An organized refusal to buy, use, or take part in something to protest

is a coordinated policy that aims to stop goods coming from another country

nonconsumption

vsnonimportation

1 8.4

Refusing to buy or use certain goods to protest

focuses on stopping goods coming from another country as protest

How Complete

embargo

Formal

129 6.8

nonimportation

1 9.0

boycott

89 4.3

protest

664 2.5

Surface Forms

nonimportation singular

nonimportations plural

Morphology

nonimportation = importation (transparent) = non + import + ation

Formed by adding the productive negation prefix 'non-' to the noun 'importation', so the negative meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Nonimportation is made from non- meaning 'not' and import meaning 'to bring in'. It literally means 'not bringing in' goods and was used for the practice of refusing foreign goods to protest or to pressure a government.