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/ɒbstɹˈʌkʃənˌɪst/
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[ US /əbˈstɹəkʃənəst, əbˈstɹəkʃənɪst/ ]
[ US /əbˈstɹəkʃənəst, əbˈstɹəkʃənɪst/ ]
NOUN
- someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take
How To Use obstructionist In A Sentence
- He represents a party which has been nothing but obstructionist," sputtered Valeriani, amid much booing and hissing from the audience. HUFFPOST HILL - OCTOBER 22ND, 2010
- He just barrelled ahead, determined to become the most obstructionist minority leader since the antebellum days of the 19th Century. Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 16, 2010
- All in all, just the Newt's way of working the media so that if he doesn't get another chance at further damaging our country with political partisanship and using Sarah's coattail to get there he'll send Sarah as the substitue "malleable" obstructionist - scary indeed. Gingrich says Palin 'tremendously important'
- ‘We would be fools if we were to try to be obstructionists,’ she said.
- This is simply political grandstanding from the obstructionist party, but I certainly don't know why this is even newsworthy. Hatch: 'This is one lousy bill'
- February 25, 2009 at 02:19 PM best speech in a long time..it was very great to hear president obama speaking with a clear sentence who made sense..the grand obstructionists party proved that they don't care about the american people at all so we should let them continue to make fools of themselves because the next serious elections, they will be voted out..president obama rocked the house and made everything clear for all americans to understand..gops are still mad because president obama won the white house and beat them at their own game! Strong ratings for Obama speech -- The Live Feed | THR
- The term filibuster traces back to the Spanish word filibustero or pirate (itself derived from the Dutch vrijbuiter or freebooter) and refers to the capacity of obstructionist legislators to hijack or "pirate" legislative debate. Jerome Karabel: Bring Back the Cots! The Filibuster and Health Care Reform
- We can't ask others to play by rules we write concerning the global economy, only to then be obstructionists when it comes to necessary action to protect the environment.
- All in all, just the Newt's way of working the media so that if he doesn't get another chance at further damaging our country with political partisanship and using Sarah's coattail to get there he'll send Sarah as the substitue "malleable" obstructionist - scary indeed. Gingrich says Palin 'tremendously important'
- An aggressive, obstructionist Duma (Russia's lower house of parliament) dominated by Communists blocked any attempt at reform.