Deterrence: The action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences. (Usage: India’s defense budget is aimed at deterrence consolidation.)
Asymmetry: Lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something. (Usage: There is a deepening asymmetry in the NGT’s recent rulings.)
Inveigled: Persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery; to entangle. (Usage: Citizens get inveigled within the expansive scope of the new identification law.)
Cannibalisation: A reduction in sales volume or revenue of one product as a result of the introduction of a new product by the same producer. (Usage: IT firms accept revenue cannibalisation to deploy AI tools.)
Rapprochement: An establishment or resumption of harmonious relations. (Usage: The party feared a potential political rapprochement between the rival factions.)
Subservience: Willingness to obey others unquestioningly. (Usage: The political charter’s subservience to party manifestos limits true reform.)
Anathema: Something or someone that one vehemently dislikes or is fundamentally opposed to. (Usage: A court sitting as a moral arbiter on religion ought to be anathema to secularism.)
Demagogue: A political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument.
Derogation: An exemption from or relaxation of a rule or law. (Usage: Exceptional temporary derogations were provided to Hungary allowing them to import Russian oil.)
Capitulate: To cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; to surrender. (Usage: The filmmaker had capitulated, withdrawing the offensive movie name.)
Denigrate: To criticize unfairly; disparage. (Usage: Visual arts cannot be weaponized to vilify and denigrate entire communities.)
