Word | cri de coeur |
---|---|
Definition | n. An urgent and passionate appeal or protest; lit. "cry from the heart." |
Sentence | To placate his critics in 2018, Mr. Zuckerberg commissioned a civil rights audit led by Laura Murphy, a former director of the ACLU’s Washington legislative office. The report published in 2020 is a cri de coeur expressed in a river of words that bear witness to dashed hopes — “disheartened,” “frustrated,” “angry,” “dismayed,” “fearful,” “heartbreaking.” |
Source | "The Coup We Are Not Talking About", The New York Times |
Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Dialogues ontogenesis development imaginal n process organism reaching
Previous card: Minnesinger n medieval german poet-singer bard first-class passenger
Up to card list: Unusual and Literary English Vocabulary