Examples of tantamount

• The system's popularity among voters is so great, that many perceive program reform as tantamount to touching the ' ' third rail ' ' of politics.

• They decry deconstruction as tantamount to demolition, turning moral philosophy into mere cultural studies.

• Saying that only those who secure desirable goods from their associates have social capital is tantamount to saying that only the successful succeed.

• It would seem misleading to interpret the emphasis on marketing (narrow) specific product characteristics as tantamount to conveying substantive product information.

• This is tantamount to asking ever y witness simply to testify about what he (reasonably) thinks the ultimate outcome of the trial should be.

• A further example of so-called 'colonial lag' is tantamount.

• Omitting biology from the resilience equation is tantamount to omitting psychology.

• This is tantamount to the network design of trade policy.