The practice of filibustering; inclination to, or tendency to support, filibustering.
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释义 | society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > obstruction of business (12) filibusterism1854 The practice of filibustering; inclination to, or tendency to support, filibustering. filibustering1856 (also attributive and as adj.) block1861 A blocking up. The obstruction of the free passage of a bill through the House of Commons: see quot. stonewall1876 Australian Politics slang. Parliamentary obstruction, or a body of obstructives: cf. stonewall v. at derivatives below. obstruction1879 The action or an act of preventing or hindering an activity, proceeding, operation, etc.; the fact or condition of being so prevented or hindered… obstructionism1879 The practice of systematic obstruction, esp. of a legislative body. Also (more generally): a tendency to be obstructive. Subcategories:— an act of (3) — one who (3) |
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