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obstructivism

obstructivism noun: a tendency to obstruct the activities of others.

Noun

obstructivism (uncountable)

  1. A tendency to obstruct the activities of others.
    • The general suspicion of businesspeople within the population also extends to the bureaucracy and reinforces obstructivism.2003, Katherine Blue Carroll, Business as Usual?: Economic Reform in Jordan, page 212

Origin of obstructivism

From obstructive + -ism.

Questions about obstructivism

What does obstructivism mean?
Obstructivism means a tendency to obstruct the activities of others.
What part of speech is obstructivism?
Obstructivism is a noun.

Words near obstructivism in the dictionary

  1. obstructions of justice
  2. obstructive
  3. obstructively
  4. obstructiveness
  5. obstructives
  6. obstructivism
  7. obstructor
  8. obstructors
  9. obstructs
  10. obstruency
  11. obstruent

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