Today’s “Word of the Day” is Hobson’s choice and it is a noun meaning “a situation in which only one choice is given and there is no alternative choice(s) to choose from; If you do not take what has been offered or given, you do not get anything at all; A situation where there is no real choice/alternative at all”.
Example Sentence: Kyiv might be left with a Hobson’s choice — accommodate some of Russia’s territorial demands to begin the process of peace or endure the attritional war with limited support. Mr. Putin might have seized the upper hand in the geopolitical dynamics of the war, but its effects have been devastating for Moscow as well. Reason suggests that peace would yield greater dividends than continuing an illegal invasion and this should allow for a fresh impetus for talks leading to a ceasefire. The ball is in the Kremlin’s court.
This word is present in No ceasefire: On the Russia-Ukraine war and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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