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do-nothingism

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do-noth·ing (dnthng) Informal
adj.
Offering no initiative for change, especially in politics.
n.
An idle or lazy person.
do-nothing·ism n.
do-nothingism
idleness or indolence as a habit or regular practice.
See also: Behavior


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The public gave Clinton a mandate against Bushian do-nothingism, then gave Gingrich a mandate against Clintonian activism, and now seems about to give somebody - Clinton II or Bob Dole, it scarcely matters which - a mandate against Gingrichite activism.
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