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standpattism

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[ stand-pat-iz-uhm ]

noun

  1. belief in or the practice of resisting or refusing to accept change, especially in politics.


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Origin of standpattism1

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; standpat + -ism
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Example Sentences

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Like-minded conservatives were ridiculed by their opponents as “standpatters†who engaged in “standpattism.â€

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None of this standpattism has gone unnoticed.

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Despite recent attempts to discredit the eggheads, we need their visionary idealism to balance standpattism; we've a lot of that.

He lambasted "Standpattism" and "Cannonism."

In this atmosphere of standpattism, Homer Rodeheaver. the late Billy Sunday's song leader, was the life of the party.

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