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[closed shop]
{n. phr.} 1. A plant or factory that employs only union workers.
Our firm has
been fighting the closed shop policy for many years now.
2. A profession or line
of work dominated by followers of a certain mode of thinking and behaving that
does not tolerate differing views or ideas.
Certain groups of
psychologists, historians, and linguists often behave with a closed-shop
mentality.
Contrast: OPEN SHOP.
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