rubber stamp
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nounDefinition of RUBBER STAMP
1
: a stamp of rubber for making imprints
2
a : a person who echoes or imitates others b : a mostly powerless yet officially recognized body or person that approves or endorses programs and policies initiated usually by a single specified source <the parliament was a rubber stamp for the dictator>
3
a : a stereotyped copy or expression <the usual rubber stamps of criticism — H. L. Mencken> b : a routine endorsement or approval
— rubber–stamp adjective
See Examples of RUBBER STAMP
- The legislature has been nothing more than a rubber stamp for the President.
- <an author who was ultimately just another rubber stamp of Hemingway>
First Known Use of RUBBER STAMP
1881
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