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Definition of Sticking point
1. Noun. A point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal.
Definition of Sticking point
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic dated) The point at which a process or thing, especially a state of mind or emotion, reaches its greatest strength and remains steadfast; sticking-place. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sticking Point
Literary usage of Sticking point
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Silent South by George Washington Cable (1889)
"THE sticking point. But now that we have clearly made out exactly what this
immovable hostility is, the question follows—and half the nation are asking it ..."
2. Above the Snow Line: Mountaineering Sketches Between 1870 and 1880 by Clinton Thomas Dent (1885)
"... Our first failure—The expedition resumed—A new line of ascent—We reach the
sticking point— Beaten back—The results gained by the two days' climbing. ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"Screw my courage to the sticking point. No doubt about the strawberries and cream
being the sticking point. But shall I blench before strawberries and cream ..."
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