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obstructionist, n. (and a.)|əbˈstrʌkʃənɪst|
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
One who advocates or systematically practises obstruction, esp. in reference to the proceedings of a legislative body. Also attrib. or as adj.
1846R. Bell Canning 341 Luckily there is always an obstructionist in the House of Commons..to start up with an objection by way of rider to the very climax of unanimity. 1862Westm. Rev. Jan. 60 Obstructionists make heretics, and heretics make obstructionists. 1879Pall Mall Budget 12 Sept., The mischief which obstructionist impunity has already worked. 1882Tribune (N.Y.) 5 Apr., It is hard to see what motive could have influenced the Democrats to act as obstructionists in this matter. 1882Godkin in 19th Cent. Aug. 187 The scenes of disorder prepared by the Irish obstructionists last winter. 1934C. Lambert Music Ho! iv. 242 They were..obstructionist rather than constructionist. 1965[see filibuster n. 4]. 1966M. R. D. Foot SOE in France ii. 11 Petty obstructionists of this kind lay about SOE's path all its life, and some have pursued it since its winding-up. 1975New Yorker 26 May 94/2 The late nineteen-forties, when another President got himself returned to office by blaming nearly everything that was wrong with the country on an obstructionist Congress controlled by the opposing party. |