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Post-Truth

Adjective

Meaning:

Truth regarded as mostly irrelevant; relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief

Usage:

The recent spate in the number of lynching cases is a testimony to the fact that we live in a post-truth era In the context of post-truth politics it is easier to cherry pick data to arrive at a conclusion of your choice “objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” “systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment, whereby inferences about other people and situations may be drawn in an illogical fashion. Individuals create their own “subjective social reality” from their perception of the input”.

framily

Noun

Meaning:

A group of friends, who are close like a family; friends who are more like family Usage: Living with Joanna and Madhu for over 5 years makes us feel like a framily now.

Context (framily):

Now you may have to meet the framily (The Telegraph) They are not your family any more. They are “framily”. The shrinking family unit, which is a couple and 1.3 children according to latest estimates, means that increasing numbers of people are making up the numbers with “families of choice” – their friends. They are mixing up friends and family to such an extent that they have created a new social demographic called the “framily”, according to research. A study found that six in 10 adults considered their parents to be a friend. One in four spends more time with friends than relatives, and 67 per cent considered their best friend to have the same status as a member of the family. The “framily” is epitomised by television shows such as Will and Grace and Friends where friends become so intertwined in each others’ lives that they resemble a family. Framilies are also most common among the younger generation.

Captain’s call

Noun

Meaning:

A decision made by a political or business leader without consultation with colleagues; any kind of decision taken without reference to anyone else Usage: The new decision of the Dean to commence classes at 6:30AM seems like a captain’s call as none of the lecturers have reached on time this month. Australian PM, Tony Abbot took a captain’s call by granting Knighthood to the husband of Queen of England, Prince Philip, as he did not consult the cabinet.

ombudsman

Noun

Meaning:

an appointee investigating complaints against the government; an independent official who has been appointed to investigate complaints that people make against the government or public organizations Usage: It is critical that we have an effective regulator and an ombudsman to deal with the rising complaints “It was led by an ascetic Gandhi lookalike, Anna Hazare, who fasted to demand the creation of a Lokpal (powerful ombudsman) to combat graft.” – The Economist The Banking Ombudsman Scheme

Fissiparous

Adjective

Meaning:

Inclined to cause or undergo division into separate parts or groups; having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; tending to break or split

Usage:

The fissiparous tendencies of the party lead to the birth of a new cadre of political leaders Context (fissiparous): “When it first entered English in the 19th century, “fissiparous” was concerned with reproduction. In biology, a fissiparous organism is one that produces new individuals by fission; that is, by dividing into separate parts, each of which becomes a unique organism. (Most strains of bacteria do this.) Fissiparous derives from Latin fissus, the past participle of “findere” (“to split”), and parere, meaning “to give birth to or “to produce.” Other “parere” offspring refer to other forms of reproduction, including “oviparous” (“producing eggs that hatch outside the body”) and “viviparous” (“producing living young instead of eggs”). By the end of the 19th century “fissiparous” had acquired a figurative meaning, describing something that breaks into parts or causes something else to break into parts.”