procontrol adjective4 •Supportive of greater or stricter control. •Supportive of greater government control over society, authoritarian or supportive of greater authoritarianism. •Synonym of protectionist: supportive of export controls over international trade, especially for political ends or to prevent technology transfer.Gary K. Bertsch and Steven Eliott believe that the procontrol initiatives adopted by Japan do not represent any fundamental change in Japanese export-control policy... — 2019 •Synonym of antigun: supportive of greater gun control, typically inclusive of opposition to gun rights. formsmore procontrol · most procontrol