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- noun political or economic
inactivity , often a result ofultraconservative policies
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Examples
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Thus remains the liberal modernist immobilism of the last 45 years.
"I worked under Cardinal Bernardin and he taught me how to collaborate..." 2009
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As a Congress composed of members who are concerned about public policy becomes increasingly and necessarily enmeshed in institutional immobilism ...
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In sum, the nation, through its own political immobilism, was rationing gasoline through the mechanism of gas lines.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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In sum, the nation, through its own political immobilism, was rationing gasoline through the mechanism of gas lines.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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True, the temptation is as strong in these debates as elsewhere to opt for premature closure, bypassing efforts at the fullest perception and deliberation, and settling instead for uncritical acceptance of cant, immobilism, or simplistic solutions.
At The Juncture Of Theory And Practice: Remarks On Receiving The Henry Knowles Beecher Award 1996
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A strategy that challenges Washington's immobilism has a chance of passing the Brad Paisley test.
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A strategy that challenges Washington's immobilism has a chance of passing the Brad Paisley test.
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A strategy that challenges Washington's immobilism has a chance of passing the Brad Paisley test.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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A strategy that challenges Washington's immobilism has a chance of passing the Brad Paisley test.
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But the problem goes beyond individual office-holders to the US political system which, like that in UK or Australia, is in a state of immobilism, especially in foreign policy.
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Extreme political resistance to change. (From WordCraft)
May 20, 2008