Usually means: Resist change, maintain current position.
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  1. standpat: Merriam-Webster
  2. standpat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. standpat: Collins English Dictionary
  4. standpat: Vocabulary.com
  5. standpat: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. standpat: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. standpat: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. standpat: Dictionary.com
  9. standpat: FreeDictionary.org
  10. standpat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. standpat: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. standpat: Wiktionary

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▸ adjective:  Resisting change; favouring the status quo.

Similar:
conservative, unprogressive, fusty, nonprogressive, stand pat, stand, stand at, stand firm, stand to, stand in, more...

Opposite:
progressive, reformist, forward-thinking, innovative

Types:
intransigent, obdurate, uncompromising, unyielding, more...

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Similar:
conservative, unprogressive, fusty, nonprogressive, stand pat, stand, stand at, stand firm, stand to, stand in, more...

Opposite:
progressive, reformist, forward-thinking, innovative

Types:
intransigent, obdurate, uncompromising, unyielding, more...



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