[responsivevoice] dissent [/responsivevoice] [ dih-sent ] Quotation: Civil society space provides the oxygen for citizens to participate and meaningfully hold their governments and the private sector to account – and ensure that decisions are made in the interest of the majority and not the few. Without it, citizens have limited space to dissent and challenge the […]
[responsivevoice] purposive [/responsivevoice] [ pur-puh-siv ] Quotation: Life is a biography, not a series of disconnected moments, more or less pleasurable but increasingly tedious and unsatisfying unless one imposes a purposive pattern upon them. Theodore Dalrymple Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/abridge-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice] abridge [/responsivevoice] [ uh-brij ] Quotation: In the past, those who had ideas they wished to communicate to the public had the unquestioned right to disseminate those ideas in an open marketplace, called a mall, we should not abridge that right. Sol Wachtler Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of […]
[responsivevoice] ameliorate [/responsivevoice] [ uh-meel-yuh-reyt ] Quotation: For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chain’s labour is burdened with by capitalism, but they are not sufficient to crush capitalism and to emancipate the workers from their tyranny. Clara Zetkin Social Example: Did you miss out on reading […]
[responsivevoice] precarious [/responsivevoice] [ pri-kair-ee-uhs ] Quotation: I hear the same anxieties over and over again. Everything is too fast; everything is too precarious. We have more access than ever to the people we are trying to reach, thanks to social media and mobile technology, and more information than we know what to do with. […]
[responsivevoice] surmise [/responsivevoice] [ser-mahyz ] Quotation: For some time, I’ve said this issue of comprehensive immigration reform is not just an issue about immigration or human rights or civil rights, it’s about our economy. You take 11 million people from out of the dark and into the light. The think tanks have surmised that you […]
[responsivevoice] carte blanche [/responsivevoice] [ kahrt blanch ] Quotation: By and large, the making of motion pictures is all about, ‘Let’s ratchet it up.’ And I always think, ‘We don’t need to ratchet this up.’ If you do, don’t call it ‘Captain Phillips’ or ‘The Maersk Alabama.’ Call it something else, and then you have carte […]
[responsivevoice] antipathy [/responsivevoice] [an-tip-uh-thee ] Quotation: The thing about youthful offenders is that no one seems to care about them. Most people don’t like adolescents – even the good ones can be snarky and unpleasant. Combine the antipathy we feel toward the average teenager with the fear inspired by youth violence, and you have a […]
[responsivevoice] bittersweet [/responsivevoice] [bit-er-sweet ] Quotation: If you go back to your home town or you’re reunited with school friends, it is always slightly bittersweet because as much as there are nice things in terms of seeing them again, the town has changed without you, and you’re no longer a part of it. Edgar Wright […]
[responsivevoice] geriatric [/responsivevoice] [ jer-ee-a-trik ] Quotation: My mum was a nurse, and her passion was geriatric care. I used to love listening to the old people’s stories in her nursing home and picturing myself in their place. They’d say, ‘I went to school in a horse and cart,’ and I’d just think ‘Wow!’ I’d picture […]