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filibuster
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish filibustero (“pirate”), from French flibustier, ultimately from Dutch vrijbuiter (“freebooter”), from vrij (“free”) + buit (“booty”) + -er (“agent”). The alteration in the first syllable in French is due to the word being somewhat conflated with vlieboot (“light, flat-bottomed cargo vessel with two or three masts”) when it was borrowed into French or another language from Dutch. The word is cognate and analogous to English freebooter.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?l?b?st?(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f?l?b?st?/
- Hyphenation: fi?li?bust?er
Noun
filibuster (plural filibusters)
- A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
- (US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
- (US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
Synonyms
- (mercenary soldier): see Thesaurus:mercenary
Antonyms
- (sense 2): cloture
Derived terms
- filibusterer
Related terms
- flibustier
Descendants
- ? Dutch: filibuster
- ? Indonesian: filibuster
Translations
Verb
filibuster (third-person singular simple present filibusters, present participle filibustering, simple past and past participle filibustered)
- To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
- (originally and mainly US, politics) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
- Jan 20, 2012, “Meanwhile, back in Eastleigh, away from the filibustering in Westminster, Chris Huhne was able to concentrate on constituency business.”https://www.eastleighnews.co.uk/2012/01/daylight-saving-bill-runs-out-of-time/
Translations
Further reading
- filibuster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- flibustier
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English filibuster, from Spanish filibustero, from French flibustier, from Dutch vrijbuiter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?.li?b?s.t?r/
- Hyphenation: fi?li?bus?ter
Noun
filibuster m (plural filibusters)
- (US politics) A filibuster, a tactic to delay Congressional procedures.
- (historical) A filibuster, an American mercenary who operated in Central America or the Spanish West Indies seeking to gain wealth or political power.
Indonesian
Etymology
From English filibuster, from Spanish filibustero (“pirate”), from French flibustier, from Dutch vrijbuiter (“freebooter”), as vrij (“free”) +? buit (“booty”) +? -er (“agent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fili?b?st?r]
- Hyphenation: fi?li?bus?têr
Noun
filibustêr (first-person possessive filibusterku, second-person possessive filibustermu, third-person possessive filibusternya)
- filibuster,
- a tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body.
- a private military action.
Further reading
- “filibuster” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
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obstructionism
English
Etymology
From obstruction +? -ism.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?st??k.??n.?z(.?)m/
Noun
obstructionism (countable and uncountable, plural obstructionisms)
- A deliberate policy of obstructing something, especially a political process or body.
- 2010, "Coming back to bite him", The Economist, 14 Oct 2010:
- The most promising mode of attack for the right may be state-led obstructionism.
- 2010, "Coming back to bite him", The Economist, 14 Oct 2010:
Derived terms
- obstructionist
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