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obstacle
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Also known as impediment, barrier, stumbling block

thumb|Obstacle to traffic caused by the Ferguson landslide in the state of [[California (USA)]] An obstacle (also called a barrier, impediment, or stumbling block) is an object, thing, action or situation that causes an obstruction. A obstacle blocks or hinders our way forward. Different types of obstacles include physical, economic, biopsychosocial, cultural, political, technological and military.

Wikidata facts

Subclass of
physical object
Image
Ferguson-slide.jpg
Has use
control
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Commons category
Obstacles
has effect
impossibility
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Types
  • Physical
  • Sports
  • Economic
  • Biopsychosocial and cultural
  • Political
  • Technological
  • Military
  • Image gallery
  • References

thumb|Obstacle to traffic caused by the Ferguson landslide in the state of [[California (USA)]] An obstacle (also called a barrier, impediment, or stumbling block) is an object, thing, action or situation that causes an obstruction. A obstacle blocks or hinders our way forward. Different types of obstacles include physical, economic, biopsychosocial, cultural, political, technological and military.

==Types==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “obstacle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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