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Word of the Day (slippery slope)-25AUG22

Word of the Day (slippery slope)-25AUG22

Today’s “Word of the Day” is slippery slope and it is a noun meaning “a series of actions that can’t be controlled over once it has begun and the series of actions are going to create a lot of problems”.

Example Sentence: The ‘freebie’ debate continues, and the Supreme Court thinks it can make an intervention in regulating government schemes aimed at getting votes. That’s a slippery slope – in a democracy, the state negotiates with the people, and welfare schemes are part of that bargain. To argue that some welfare schemes are legitimate while others are undesirable freebies, is a problematic argument.

This word is present in The Hindu article Political Line | India@75: state of democracy, the freebie debate, new Kashmir voters and more and click here to read it.

Courtesy: The Hindu

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