Today’s “Word of the Day” is “upstart“ and it is a noun meaning “a person who has risen suddenly to wealthy or powerful position from a very humble position, particularly one who is very arrogant; status seeker, social climber, the new rich, fat cat”.
Example Sentence: Across administrations, it is part of a power projection exercise, internally and externally. Externally, it is aimed to put the fear of god into such newly rising upstarts as China, and, internally, to project strength and determination to voters. Its public documents, therefore, showcase its capabilities, and sometimes exaggerate it. The United Kingdom which still sees itself as a global power, used an Integrated Review in 2021 that stressed working together with allies for a global role.
This word is present in India needs a ‘National Security Strategy’ and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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