restrictionist
nounEtymology From restriction + -ist.
1
A supporter of placing restrictions on something.
- The tragedy is that the compromise bill was written to bring these restrictionists along, with punitive, detestable provisions that many supporters of comprehensive reform agreed to endorse for the sake of a “grand bargain.”2007 June 9, “A Failure of Leadership”, in New York Times:
- Antonyms
- antirestrictionist
- Related terms
- restrictionism