standpat

[ stand-pat ]
/ ˈstændˌpæt /
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noun

standpatter.

adjective

characterized by refusing to consider or accept change.

Origin of standpat

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

Words nearby standpat

standoff insulator, standoff missile, standoffish, standout, standover man, standpat, standpatter, standpattism, standpipe, standpoint, standstill

Words related to standpat

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