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standpat

[ stand-pat ]
/ ˈstændˌpæt /
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noun

standpatter.

adjective

characterized by refusing to consider or accept change.

RELATED WORDS

rightist, rigid, regressive, counterrevolutionary, ultraconservative, unreconstructed, old-line, traditionalist, reactionary, diehard, classicist, moderate, zealot, fanatic, fundamentalist, right, obscurantist, Tory, stick-in-the-mud, redneck

Nearby words

  1. standoff insulator,
  2. standoff missile,
  3. standoffish,
  4. standout,
  5. standover man,
  6. standpatter,
  7. standpatters,
  8. standpattism,
  9. standpipe,
  10. standpoint

Origin of standpat

First recorded in 1900–05; noun, adj. use of verb phrase stand pat
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