realpolitik
(en)
(noun) politics based on practical and material factors rather than on theoretical or ethical objectives
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What they have done is electrify Corbyn’s base with missionary zeal and determination, and infused them with a sense of the realpolitik ruthlessness with which these fights will be conducted
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6 years, 6 months ago
What they have done is electrify Corbyn’s base with missionary zeal and determination, and infused them with a sense of the realpolitik ruthlessness with which these fights will be conducted
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6 years, 6 months ago
bulwark
(en)
(noun) defensive wall
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the coup could be understood in part as a pre-emptive measure aimed at preventing the demoralisation and disintegration of the anti-Corbyn bulwark
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6 years, 6 months ago
the coup could be understood in part as a pre-emptive measure aimed at preventing the demoralisation and disintegration of the anti-Corbyn bulwark
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6 years, 6 months ago
syncopated
(en)
(adjective) cut short; abbreviated / (adjective) marked by or exhibiting syncopation
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there was a good chance that the momentum would dissipate in a series of chaotic and syncopated resignations and attacks
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6 years, 6 months ago
there was a good chance that the momentum would dissipate in a series of chaotic and syncopated resignations and attacks
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6 years, 6 months ago