obstructionist meaning

Noun: obstructionist  ub'strúkshunist

1. Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take
   - obstructor, obstructer, resister, thwarter

Derived forms: obstructionists

See also: obstructionism

Type of: controversialist, disputant, eristic

Encyclopedia: Obstructionist

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1. at today s pace in doing business, they will find a civil service which is concerned solely with regulation even more obstructionist
2. at today s pace in doing business, they will find a civil service which is concerned solely with regulation even more obstructionist
3. however, in today s pace of doing business, a civil service which solely concerns itself with regulation would be regarded as obstructionist
4. It has been isolationist, irritating, obstructionist and openly obnoxious.
5. An obstructionist relic of a mossback past comes more to mind.