Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practice of systematic obstruction.
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Examples
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Remember Al Gore and Joe Lieberman going to FLA and telling seniors that voting for Bush meant they would lose their Social Security ... did it happen? no ... they also cannot complain about obstructivism.
GOP senator warns of 'minor revolution' over health care 2009
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And to the people who stay he hasn't been able to push through his ideas due to Republican obstructivism the Democrats have had control of both houses until the midterms & had control during most of the Bush period, pushing through spending which Bush tried to curtail, plussing as which Obama did push through the hugely unpopular "Obamacare" legislation against the will of the people who really just wanted him to create jobs & cut the deficit.
The Guardian World News Eric Foner 2010
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