obstructiveness
Tendency toward interference
The quality of creating obstacles or hindering progress.
Obstructiveness can be deliberate—a bureaucrat's studied obstructiveness—or simply characteristic of someone's manner: His obstructiveness made every meeting twice as long.
The word carries a judgmental edge, implying the hindrance is unnecessary or unwelcome.
Barrier to progress
- blockageObstruction halting movement
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
stumbling block · roadblock · barrier · holdup · delay · setback · snag · complication
Refusal to yield
- uncooperativenessRefusal to work together
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- contrarinessHabitual disposition to oppose
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
intransigence · obstinacy · willfulness · perversity · bullheadedness · pigheadedness · mulishness · hardheadedness
Failure to follow requirements
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- noncooperationRefusing to work together
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
refusal · dissent · rebellion · rejection · stonewalling · foot-dragging · filibustering · delaying tactics
hindrance
Barrier to progress
- blockageObstruction halting movement
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
bottleneck · stumbling block · roadblock · barrier · holdup · delay · setback · snag · complication · impasse
stubbornness
Refusal to yield
- uncooperativenessRefusal to work together
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- contrarinessHabitual disposition to oppose
recalcitrance · intransigence · obstinacy · willfulness · perversity · bullheadedness · pigheadedness · mulishness · hardheadedness · cantankerousness
noncompliance
Failure to follow requirements
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- noncooperationRefusing to work together
opposition · refusal · dissent · rebellion · rejection · stonewalling · foot-dragging · filibustering · delaying tactics · blocking
obstructivenesscooperation
Joint action toward shared aims
cooperativeness · helpfulness · facilitation · assistance · supportiveness
obstructivenesscompliance
Adhering to requirements
yielding · accommodation · acquiescence · amenability · obligingness
obstruct, obstruction, obstructive, unobstructed, obstructionist, obstructions, obstructionism, obstructer, obstructionists