Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The practice of filibustering.
  • noun Bucaneering; freebooting.
  • noun Legislative obstruction.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The characteristics or practices of a filibuster.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun dated Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
  • noun US The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
  • noun The practice of delaying legislation by filibuster or other obstructive tactics.

Etymologies

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filibuster +‎ -ism

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