#obstacle.deterrent__obstruction  something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted: "lack of immagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan"
  supertype:  deterrent__hindrance__impediment__handicap  something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
  subtype:  barrier.obstacle  any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding"
     subtype:  ideological_barrier__ideologicalbarrier  a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies
        subtype:  iron_curtain  an impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy; used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries
        subtype:  bamboo_curtain  an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the 1950s and 1960s
        subtype:  color_bar__colorbar__colour_bar__color_line__colorline__colourline__Jim_Crow  barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites
     subtype:  language_barrier  barrier to communication resulting from speaking different languages
  subtype:  rub__hang-up__hitch__snag  an unforeseen obstacle
  subtype:  hurdle.obstacle  an obstacle that you are expected to overcome; "the last hurdle before graduation"
  subtype:  stymie  a thwarting and distressing situation

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