Usually means: Obstructive tactics in legislative assemblies.
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  1. filibusterism: Merriam-Webster
  2. filibusterism: Collins English Dictionary
  3. filibusterism: Wordnik
  4. filibusterism: Wiktionary
  5. Filibusterism, filibusterism: Dictionary.com
  6. Filibusterism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. filibusterism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Filibusterism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. filibusterism: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Filibusterism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (filibusterism)

noun:  (dated) Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
noun:  (US) The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
noun:  The practice of delaying legislation by filibuster or other obstructive tactics.

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