| 释义 |
reˈstrictionism
[f. restriction + -ism.]
A policy of restricting some practice, institution, etc.
1941Economist 5 Apr. 436/2 It would be a disaster if war⁓time concentration were to leave any legacy of peacetime restrictionism. 1949Hansard Commons 19 May 631, I do not want to say very much more about this matter of restrictionism, save to say that the body of Captain Ludd has long since mouldered in the grave but his ideas still march on in Britain. 1958Economist 20 Dec. 1066/1 There was a prime example of this restrictionism earlier this week, when employers and building unions in the north together condemned the excellent practice whereby some building workers have entered into voluntary contracts to build some additional houses in certain developing areas after hours. 1968Physics Bull. Nov. 394/2 Restrictionism relates to the absence of true competition due to restrictive trade associations etc. a1974R. Crossman Diaries (1975) I. 34 Office building was an area where, despite my dislike of restrictionism, I might be seriously prepared to think of physical controls to deal with the scandal. |