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Shahriar Mohammad Kamal:
disaster capitalism - (noun) a policy of political officials to take advantage of a shock or disaster to push free-market economic policies and privatization in the management of recovery and reconstruction.
Shahriar Mohammad Kamal:
shrinkflation - (noun) when the size of a product is reduced whilst the price is retained.
Shampa Iftakhar:
Wizened:lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
rakib_hasan:
Chauvinism:
in its original meaning, is an exaggerated patriotism and a belligerent belief in national superiority and glory.
According to legend, French soldier Nicolas Chauvin was badly wounded in the Napoleonic wars.
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Afroza Akhter Tina:
'phaeton'
a light four-wheeled open carriage drawn by four horses
Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU
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