How to Use restrictionism in a Sentence

restrictionism

noun
  • All of this is to say that immigration restrictionism does not an agenda make.
    Theodore Kupfer, National Review, 2017-09-18
  • But restrictionism is popular with Trump’s base and the White House itself.
    Jeet Heer, New Republic, 2018-01-19
  • How aggressively the president pursues his platform on trade and immigration restrictionism could test how strong his grip is on Congress.
    Jonathan Martin and Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 2017-10-25
  • Trump, like his fellow Fox News addicts, is far more invested in the symbolism of immigration restrictionism than its substance.
    Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 2018-01-11
  • The magazine’s shift away from Brimelow’s brand of restrictionism was itself practically rather than morally motivated.
    Osita Nwanevu, Slate Magazine, 2017-03-23
  • Some contemporary figures in immigration restrictionism began in the environmental movement.
    Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 2017-06-07

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