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noun

Obstructionist n. One who deliberately hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in a legislative body. (Recent)

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Etymology of 'Obstructionist'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Obstructionist" Quotes from Famous Books

... seemed to grow. He had done all that an honorable man could think of. He had been chivalrous to a quixotic degree. If they had not accepted his generous proposals, then so much the worse for them. They—Guion and Davenant—were pursuing obstructionist tactics, so as to put him in a place where he could do nothing but retreat. Very well; he would show them! There were points beyond which even chivalry could not go; and if they found themselves ...

— The Street Called Straight • Basil King

... field ambulance he despises and abhors. I really think it was the sight of us that accounted for his depression at Ostend. I have gathered from Mrs. Torrence that the chauffeur Tom has none of the New Chivalry about him. He is the mean and brutal male, the crass obstructionist who grudges women their laurels in the ...

— A Journal of Impressions in Belgium • May Sinclair

Words linked to "Obstructionist" : disputant, obstructor, controversialist, eristic, naysayer, resister, stonewaller, obstructionism, thwarter, obstructer