OBSTRUCTIONISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does obstructionism mean? 

• OBSTRUCTIONISM (noun)
  The noun OBSTRUCTIONISM has 1 sense:

1. deliberate interference

  Familiarity information: OBSTRUCTIONISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OBSTRUCTIONISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deliberate interference

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("obstructionism" is a kind of...):

resistance (group action in opposition to those in power)

Derivation:

obstructionist (someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take)

 Context examples 

A personality disorder characterized by an indirect resistance to demands for adequate social and occupational performance; anger and opposition to authority and the expectations of others that is expressed covertly by obstructionism, procrastination, stubbornness, dawdling, forgetfulness, and intentional inefficiency.

(Passive-Aggressive Personality, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)