filibusterismn.
/fɪlɪˈbʌstərɪz(ə)m/ The practice of filibustering; inclination to, or tendency to support, filibustering.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > obstruction of business
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1854 Calif. Pioneer Jan. Every foot of Mexican soil is now under the dominion, language, laws, usages, and liturgy of fillibusterism.
1862 J. Spence Amer. 74 Filibusterism is another branch of the same tree [as Repudiation].
1880 American XII. 361 Filibusterism had excited the troubles.
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