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rubber stamp en · ADJ

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Meanings

1. (attributive, figuratively) Of a person, organization, or process, making decisions or approving matters routinely or without real power.
   • rubber stamp parliament
   • rubber stamp politics
   • rubber stamp diet
   • rubber stamp legislature

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Deriveds

rubber stamp politics

rubber stamp en · NOUN

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1. (literally) A piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.
   • The library had a rubber stamp to imprint the due date.
2. (figuratively) A person or organization that approves, routinely or as a formality, matters decided by some other person or organization.
   • During the Roman principate, the senate largely served as a rubber stamp for the emperor.

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Translations (28)

pl stempel (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · de Stempel (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · nn stempel (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · tr damga (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · ru ште́мпель (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · cmn 橡皮圖章 /橡皮图章 (person or body approving things without power to change them) · ja ゴム印 (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · fi kumileimasin (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · de Gummistempel (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · pl pieczątka (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · fi kumileimasin (person or body approving things without power to change them) · es timbre de goma (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · cmn 橡皮圖章 /橡皮图章 (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · fr tampon (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · nl stempel (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · nan-hbl 橡奶印 (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · nb stempel (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · ar خَتْم مَطَّاطِيّ (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · sw muhuri (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · th ตรายาง (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · es sello de goma (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · he חוֹתֶמֶת גּוּמִי (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · ru штамп (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · he חוֹתֶמֶת גּוּמִי (person or body approving things without power to change them) · ru печа́ть (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · cs razítko (piece of rubber to make an imprint) · de Jasager (person or body approving things without power to change them) · it timbro (piece of rubber to make an imprint)

rubber stamp en · VERB

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1. (figuratively, transitive) To process, approve or decide matters routinely rather than through careful consideration.
   • They usually just rubber stamp orders under $100.

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Relateds

pencil whip

Translations (1)

de durchwinken (to process routinely)