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stand•pat•tism



Pronunciation: (stand'pat'iz-um), [key]
—n.
belief in or the practice of resisting or refusing to accept change, esp. in politics. Also,stand'pat'ism.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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