The Hindu Editorial (India that is Bharat) – Sep 07, 2023

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The Hindu Editorial (India that is Bharat) – Sep 07, 2023:

primacy (noun) – greater importance, priority, preference, first place.
evoke (verb) – bring/call to mind; invoke, give rise to, bring forth, induce, express, echo.
patriot (noun) – nationalist, flag-waver.
decade (noun) – a period of ten years.
label (noun) – description, identification, tag, name.
weaponise (verb) – use as a weapon.
narrow (adjective) – narrow-minded, intolerant, illiberal, partisan, sectarian, discriminatory.
end (noun) – aim, goal, purpose, objective, target.
representative (noun) – official, spokesperson, agent.
constitution (noun) – body of law; system of rules; regulations, fundamental principles, charter.
The Constitution of India (noun) – India, also known as Bharat, is a Union of States. It is a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic with a parliamentary system of government. The Republic is governed in terms of the Constitution of India which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November, 1949 and came into force on 26th January, 1950.
largely (adverb) – mostly, mainly, generally.
contextual (adjective) – relating to the conditions/contexts that make the setting of something (an event/idea); issue-based, context-specific, situational.
echo (noun) – reverberation, reiteration, repetition, resounding, reflection.
hype (noun) – publicity, propaganda, build-up.
campaign (noun) – an organized effort that seeks to influence the decision-making progress within a specific group.
discard (verb) – exclude, drop, abandon, forgo, get rid of.
harmony (noun) – unity, solidarity, cooperation, agreement/concord.
telling (noun) – information, description, narration, account, report.
imposition (noun) – application, enforcement, implementation, introduction.
dignity (noun) – pride, morale, delicacy, feelings; majesty.
go beyond (phrasal verb) – be more than something; to do more than something; to do more than is needed.
landscape (noun) – the distinctive features of a field of activity.
constitute (verb) – comprise, form, compose, make up, represent.
republic (noun) – a group of people involved in a particular activity with certain equality; “The Republic” is a form of government in which a state (country) is ruled by elected representatives of the people (citizen body).
in that sense (phrase) – by a particular understanding of a statement/situation.
nation-building (noun) – nation-building is defined as a process which leads to the formation of countries in which the citizens feel a sufficient amount of commonality of interests, goals and preferences so that they do not wish to separate from each other.
labour (verb) – try hard, work (hard), struggle, make every effort.
tease out (phrasal verb) – to waste time trying to find out irrelevant information or the meaning of something, particularly when this is complex, complicated, tough or difficult.
expanse (noun) – area, tract, region, swathe.
host (verb) – have, present.
multitude (noun) – a lot, a great/large number, a great quantity.
ethnic (adjective) – relating to a population subgroup (cultural, national, traditional/folk) with a common national or cultural tradition.
linguistic (adjective) – relating to language; lingual.
diversity (noun) – existence/presence of different people (from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives ranging from race to age to gender to hometown to educational experience) within group; variety, variance, difference.
millennia (noun) – plural form of millennium (a period of a thousand years).
migration (noun) – the movement of people within the borders of the same country or across international borders in order to find work or better living conditions.
cross-current (noun) – conflicting tendency; conflicting process.
serve no purpose (phrase) – to have no specific use.
flashpoint (noun) – a situation where sudden problems could happen. (In international relations, a flashpoint is an area or dispute that has a strong possibility of developing into a war).
farcical (adjective) – ridiculous, preposterous, absurd, laughable.
hubbub (noun) – commotion, clamour; confusion/chaos.
hoist (verb) – rise (up), lift (up), elevate.
dissipate (verb) – disappear, vanish, disintegrate, dissolve, scatter.
recede (verb) – diminish, lessen, decrease, dwindle.
knee-jerk (adjective) – automatic, instinctive, involuntary, mechanic, mechanical, spontaneous, hasty, unconscious, unthinking, unintentional, unplanned, unprepared.
aura (noun) – mood, vibe; atmosphere, feeling.
identity (noun) – identification, recognition; individuality, originality.
identity (noun) – a social category, a set of persons marked by a label and distinguished by rules deciding membership and (alleged) characteristic features or attributes; individuality, character, originality.
privilege (verb) – grant a privilege (advantage/prerogative/liberty).
bloc (noun) – alliance, group, association, union, coalition, partnership.
acronym (noun) – an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word; (the name of the alliance of opposition parties would be called ‘INDIA’ – an acronym for Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance).
influence (verb) – affect, have an effect on something.
hurry (noun) – haste, hustle, urgency; Importance, top priority, necessity, seriousness.
exercise (noun) – activity.
far from (phrase) – not, not at all; nowhere near, a long way from.
undermine (verb) – weaken, subvert, sabotage, damage.
soft power (noun) – soft power is convincing & effective power deriving from attraction and imitation and be based on intangible (non-physical) resources such as culture, ideology, and institutions.
hard power (noun) – hard power is coercive power executed through military threats and economic incentives and based on tangible resources such as the army or economic strength.
idiom (noun) – expression; a form of expression.
context (noun) – situation, background, scenario.
constituency (noun) – a group of people with shared political opinions.
proper noun (noun) – a specific name for a particular person, place, or thing.
desist from (verb) – refrain from, stop oneself, abstain, hold back.
edge out (phrasal verb) – beat, defeat, outdo, remove, extinguish.
juxtaposition (noun) – comparison, contrast; closeness.
bonding (noun) – unity, solidarity, affinity, harmony, relationship, connection, cohesiveness.
inhabitant (noun) – populace, population, people, residents.
pursuit (noun) – quest for, search for.
misplaced (adjective) – misguided, misconceived, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged.
combat (noun) – fighting, hostilities, battle, conflict.
coexist (verb) – live or exist together at the same time or in the same place.