Standpat

adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resisting change; favouring the status quo.

    "a standpat attitude or policy"

Adjective
  1. 1
    old-fashioned and out of date wordnet

Synonyms

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nonprogressiveadamantadamantineassat a standstillbackward

Etymology

From stand pat.

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