English Explanatory Dictionary

filibusterism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
  2. The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
  3. The practice of delaying legislation by filibuster or other obstructive tactics.

Word forms

filibusterism

Etymology

From filibuster + -ism.

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