Political Discourse Terms

adjective describing or causing inflammation, especially in a physical sense

• The doctor prescribed medication to reduce the inflammatory response in the patient's body.
• I heard that eating certain foods can cause an inflammatory reaction in some people.
• Don't eat that, it's so spicy it's like eating pure inflammatory!
• His inflammatory remarks only served to escalate the tension in the room.

noun a term used to describe the act of selectively choosing the most extreme or unrepresentative examples to criticize or argue against

• Nutpicking is a logical fallacy where a few extreme examples are used to discredit an entire group.
• Stop nutpicking and focus on the main argument.
• Don't be such a nutpicker, just accept the facts.
• His habit of nutpicking in debates only weakens his position.

noun a term used in Ghana to describe the frequent power outages experienced in the country

• The country experienced frequent dumsor periods due to electricity shortages.
• We had to deal with dumsor again last night, the power went out for hours.
• Dumsor is really annoying, I wish the government would fix the electricity issues.
• The dumsor of uncertainty loomed over the city as the power outage continued for days.

noun a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

• The decision was accorded with the company's policies and procedures.
• He made sure his actions accorded with the rules.
• She always does what accords with the group's vibe.
• Her beliefs accorded with the rhythm of the universe.