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From the Opinion Pages: 43 englische Wörter und Ausdrücke mit Bedeutung
- disingenuousnot sincere, pretending to know less or mean better than you do
- speciousseemingly reasonable but actually wrong
- untenableimpossible to defend or maintain
- quixoticidealistic in an unrealistic, impractical way
- contrariansomeone who deliberately takes the opposite view
- myopiclacking foresight; thinking only of the short term
- hypocrisyclaiming standards you do not follow yourself
- reductiveoversimplifying something complex
- faciletoo simple to be taken seriously
- screeda long, angry piece of writing
- jeremiada long lament warning of disaster
- egregiousoutstandingly bad
- fecklesslacking strength of character; ineffective
- cravencowardly
- venalopen to bribery; corrupt
- perniciousharmful in a gradual, hidden way
- insidiousspreading harm subtly and gradually
- intransigentrefusing to change one's views
- dog whistlecoded language aimed at a particular group
- whataboutismanswering criticism by pointing to someone else's faults
- false equivalencetreating two very different things as equal
- straw mana distorted version of an argument, easy to attack
- gaslightingmaking someone doubt their own perception of reality
- virtue signalingpublicly expressing views mainly to look good
- conundruma confusing and difficult problem
- dichotomya sharp division into two opposed parts
- heterodoxgoing against accepted beliefs
- anathemasomething strongly disliked or rejected
- bromidea dull, unoriginal remark meant to soothe
- platitudea remark used so often it is meaningless
- canarda false, unfounded rumor
- shibboletha belief or custom that marks group membership
- sacred cowan idea treated as beyond criticism
- Pyrrhic victorya win that costs so much it is almost a defeat
- Faustian bargaina deal giving up something essential for short-term gain
- Kafkaesquenightmarishly complex and bureaucratic
- Orwelliandescribing propaganda, surveillance and manipulated truth
- Machiavelliancunning and unscrupulous in pursuit of power
- schadenfreudepleasure at someone else's misfortune
- hagiographywriting that treats its subject as flawless
- revisionismreinterpreting history, often to suit an agenda
- doublespeaklanguage that deliberately disguises meaning
- bellicoseeager to fight
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