filibusterism
English
noun
Definitions
- (dated) Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
- (US) The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
- The practice of delaying legislation by filibuster or other obstructive tactics.
Etymology
Suffix from English filibuster.
Origin
English
filibuster
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- antifilibuster English
- filibuster English
- filibusterable English
- filibusterer English
- filibusterous English
- filibuster Dutch, Flemish
- filibustero Spanish, Castilian
- filibuster Indonesian