Today’s “Word of the Day” is squeamishness and it is a noun meaning “the fact of being easily shocked/upset/disgusted by seeing unpleasant situations; the fact of being easily made to feel sick by seeing unpleasant things, particularly when they are involved with blood/gore”.
Example Sentence: At a time when there can be great confusion in the west about what feminism is or should be, and when there is often a squeamishness about the application of universal rights everywhere – born of an understandable urge to seem respectful to different cultures, even when the masters of those cultures show no respect to (at least) one half of the human race – it is valuable to be reminded once more of the basics.
This word is present in The Guardian article The heroic people of Iran are teaching the west a song too many of us have forgotten and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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