An advocate or systematic practitioner of obstructionary tactics, esp. one who delays or impedes the proceedings of a legislative assembly.
| 单词 | θ87037 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle > person > persistent (2) obstructionist1846 An advocate or systematic practitioner of obstructionary tactics, esp. one who delays or impedes the proceedings of a legislative assembly. stonewall1862 Used as an epithet for one who seeks to confound by dogged resistance. Chiefly applied to Thomas Jonathan (‘Stonewall’) Jackson (1824–63)… |
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