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nonimportation

noun

Etymology

From non- + importation.

  1. derived from importō — “bring in from abroad, import”
  2. derived from emporter
  3. inherited from importen
  4. formed as importation — “import + -ation”
  5. prefixed as nonimportation — “non + importation”

Definitions

  1. A policy of refusing to import goods

    A policy of refusing to import goods; especially the policy in 18th-century colonial America of preventing imports from Britain

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA