rubber-stamping
Approving without scrutiny
Rubber-stamping is approving something automatically, without real scrutiny or independent judgment.
The image is of an official who stamps documents without reading them: The committee was accused of rubber-stamping the mayor's proposals.
The term implies that approval is a formality rather than a meaningful review.
Done with minimal effort
- cursoryHasty and incomplete
- unquestioningAccepting without challenge
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
- mindlessLacking thought or awareness
superficial · token · nominal · reflexive · uncritical · rote · habitual · routine
Favorable opinion given
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- signingInscribing one's name
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
- formalityStrict observance of convention
permit · certification · endorsement · documentation · officialdom · processing · clerk · notarization
Formal approval by authority
- passageSegment of text
- enactmentPassing into law
- votingFormally registering a choice
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
parliament · committee · bill · resolution · decree · ordinance · mandate · unanimous
perfunctory
Done with minimal effort
- cursoryHasty and incomplete
- unquestioningAccepting without challenge
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
mindless · superficial · token · nominal · reflexive · uncritical · rote · habitual · routine · thoughtless
approval
Favorable opinion given
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- signingInscribing one's name
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
formality · permit · certification · endorsement · documentation · officialdom · processing · clerk · notarization · ink-pad
ratification
Formal approval by authority
legislature · parliament · committee · bill · resolution · decree · ordinance · mandate · unanimous · bipartisan
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
- complianceaudit, obeying, policy, compliance officer, regulation
rubber-stampingdue diligence
Pre-transaction reasonable care
critical analysis · forensic examination · nitpicking · micromanaging
rubber-stampingholding accountable
checks and balances · independent review · blocking · rejecting · vetoing