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nonimportation

nonimportation

9.0
Refusal to import goods from another country to protest its actions
  • noun
  • /ˌnɒnˌɪmpɔːrˈteɪʃən/
translation icon : 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
80 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
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
150 6.8
nonimportation
9.0
boycott
80 4.3
protest
578 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.