[responsivevoice] acquiescence [/responsivevoice] [ ak-wee-es-uh ns ] Quotation: When political leaders fail to denounce anti-Semitic violence and slurs, the void is not only demoralizing to the victims, but silence actually enables the wrongdoing. Silence by elected officials, in particular, conveys approval – or at least acquiescence – and can contribute to a climate of fear and a […]
[responsivevoice] legitimize [/responsivevoice] [ li-jit-uh-mahyz ] Quotation: Border strengthening is effective, but not if done in isolation. We also need to give priority to establishing public institutions that deliver a sustained level of security and justice for citizens. Border security can never come at the expense of migrants’ rights. Nor can it be used to legitimize […]
[responsivevoice] volition [/responsivevoice] [ voh-lish-uhn ] Quotation: What part of people is resistant to an artist doing more than one thing? Is it somehow perceived as greedy? Anyone who has that weird volition to become an actor probably has a weird volition to do lots of other creative things – to write, to play music, to […]
[responsivevoice] subservient [/responsivevoice] [ suh b-sur-vee-uh nt ] Quotation: The police force has repeatedly demonstrated an inability and unwillingness to carry out its fundamental mandate: to serve and protect the people of Hong Kong. It has been reduced to a mere instrument of repression subservient to the political agenda of Beijing’s regime in Hong Kong. Joshua Wong Social […]
[responsivevoice] disservice [/responsivevoice] [ dis-sur-vis ] Quotation: There will always be a part of me that wants to do a movie musical. I feel like you’re doing yourself a disservice when you say something like that because you never know if that thing is gonna come along and be right, but I’d be lying if I […]
[responsivevoice] exodus [/responsivevoice] [ ek-suh-duh s ] Quotation: To see how many Italians are going out of Italy, the sort of exodus, a great generation leaving my country, I think is the worst nightmare for me as prime minister but also for the country, of course. Enrico Letta Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this […]
[responsivevoice] absolve [/responsivevoice] [ ab-zolv ] Quotation: You know, punk bands now sell with one record – their first or second record – sell 10 times the amount of records than the Ramones did throughout their career with 20-something records. That’s why I go over to Johnny Ramone’s house and do yard work three times a […]
[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 […]