stonewalling
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- noun
- /ˈstoʊnˌwɔːlɪŋ/
- Literature
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- The investigation into the scandal was hampered by constant stonewalling from the officials involved.
- stonewalling and obfuscation
- stonewalling and evasion
- defensiveness and stonewalling
In fact, they exert their harm through silence and stonewalling and neglect.
- In fact, they exert their harm through silence and stonewalling and neglect.
- The four horsemen are criticism, defensiveness, stonewalling, and contempt.
- He looked for disrespect, defensiveness, criticism and stonewalling.
- But certain negatives were much more predictive of relationship demise, and they were criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and stonewalling.
Examples
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But that belief evaporates shortly after residents face the kind of stonewalling experienced in Woburn.
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After months of stonewalling, a FOIA lawsuit was filed against the Obama Treasury Department on January 27, 2009.
Blog text (1) -
The president badly needs to end the stonewalling and come clean
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No question, though; no Republican would get away with this sort of stonewalling.
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The Republicans in Congress, over the last 2 years, were doing their own special version of stonewalling!
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And the GOP will continue to blame it all on Obama, instead of their endless stonewalling.
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Obama can't gain much now by showing a birth certificate, but he can lose a lot by continued stonewalling.
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Why would Panetta and the White House use the stonewalling tactic with the House?
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The USA's stonewalling has put the treaty into a kind of limbo.
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Despite the law, obdurate Smithsonian personnel sought to frustrate Indian repatriation efforts with such tactics as stonewalling, deceit, and misinformation.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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A series of answers or actions that delay help
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A deliberate delay used to gain more time
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A way of slowing a process on purpose to stop change, often in politics
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Delaying something on purpose to gain time or avoid a decision
Antonyms
How Obstructive
- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stonewalling comes from the image of a stone wall, a strong solid barrier that stops people or movement. So, stonewalling means 'blocking' or 'refusing to answer', which is why it describes deliberate delay or refusal to cooperate.