10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Fragmentation (noun)
Meaning: the process or state of breaking or being broken into fragments. विखंडन
Synonyms: Disintegration, Shattering, Crumbling, Breakup
Antonyms: Fusion, Synthesis, Unification, Merging
Example: We can't accept the fragmentation of the country.
Invigorate (verb)
Meaning: give strength or energy to. मज़बूत करना, सक्रिय करना
Synonyms: Revitalize, Vivify, Rejuvenate, Enliven, Animate, Fortify, Refreshing
Antonyms: Enervate, Enfeeble, Devitalize, Prostrate, Drain
Example: To invigorate the domestic economy, we began with the countryside.
Proliferation (noun)
Meaning: rapid increase in the number or amount of something. तीव्र वृद्धि, प्रसार
Synonyms: Growth, Multiplication, Escalation, Mushrooming, Snowballing, Buildout
Antonyms: Decline, Abatement, Fall, Plunge, Plummet
Example: We are sick and tired of the proliferation of guns.
Abscond (verb)
Meaning: leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to escape from custody or avoid arrest. फ़रार होना, भाग जाना
Synonyms: Escape, Bolt, Flee, Decamp, Scarper, Run Off
Antonyms: Yield, Remain, Surrender
Example: You cannot abscond from your responsibilities.
Treachery (noun)
Meaning: betrayal of trust. विश्वासघात
Synonyms: Perfidy, Infidelity, Duplicity, Treason, Sedition, Deceitfulness
Antonyms: Loyalty, Faithfulness, Constancy, Steadfastness
Example: Many died because of his treachery.
Insurgency (noun)
Meaning: an active revolt or uprising. विद्रोह, बग़ावत
Synonyms: Insurrection, Rebellion, Revolution, Revolt, Uprising, Mutiny
Antonyms: Obedience, Submission, Conformity
Example: The debate around the insurgency sharpened.
Disparity (noun)
Meaning: a great difference. असमानता, भेद
Synonyms: Discrepancy, Inconsistency, Incongruity, Disproportion, Contrast
Antonyms: Parity, Equivalence, Uniformity, Correspondence
Example: We are still seeing a disparity between men's and women's salaries.
Herald (verb)
Meaning: be a sign that (something) is about to happen. सूचना देना
Synonyms: Indicate, Presage, Augur, Portend, Foreshadow
Antonyms: Hide, Conceal, Withhold
Example: The speech heralded a change in policy.
Quiescence (noun)
Meaning: inactivity. निष्क्रियता
Synonyms: Dormancy, Latency, Inertness, Inertia, Stagnation
Antonyms: Action, Activity, Movement
Example: This method has been shown to induce sleep-like quiescence in adult animals.
Abjection (noun)
Meaning: extremely bad or unpleasant conditions; great suffering of the mind or body दुर्गति, दुखित
Synonyms: Wretchedness, Misery, Desolation, Despondence, Abjectness
Antonyms: Cheerfulness, Hopefulness, Exuberance, Optimism
Example: The abjection and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable.
The editorial
Source: The Hindu · 24 May 2019How the BJP’s Hindutva demographic is founded upon splitting and depoliticising hereditary identities.
Since elections were grudgingly introduced to India under British rule, they have put into question the existence of a nation. The British denied the reality of such a nation by pointing to India’s rivalrous diversities of caste, creed and culture, and introduced separate electorates for religious groups. Indian politics is still informed by an anxiety to define and maintain a national identity. The partition of India in 1947, to create a Muslim homeland in Pakistan, gave substance to this anxiety but was also meant to resolve it. Secessionist movements or Maoist insurgencies have subsequently questioned though never threatened India’s integrity.
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1. Synonym of Insurgency
2. Antonym of Quiescence
3. Synonym of Abjection
4. Antonym of Herald
5. Synonym of Disparity
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