“Leadership Suffers From Allodoxaphobia,” Says Shashi Tharoor

With the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh just around the corner, the Opposition politician chose to use the state and its way of governance.

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is silver-tongued when it comes to English. On December 12, and said that the government induces UAPA cases on people because its leadership suffers from allodoxaphobia (Meaning: an irrational fear of opinions).

Taking to Twitter he tweeted, “Word of the day, indeed of the last seven years: *Allodoxaphobia* Meaning: an irrational fear of opinions. Usage: The BJP government in UP slaps sedition& UAPA cases on people because its leadership suffers from allodoxaphobia.”

With the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh just around the corner, the Opposition politician chose to use the state and its way of governance to explain the word with its Greek origins.

“Greek: Allo=different, doxo=opinion, phobos=fear,” he wrote in the tweet which has amassed over 7,500 “likes” and 1,200 “retweets”.

Word of the day, indeed of the last seven years: *Allodoxaphobia*

Meaning: an irrational fear of opinions.

Usage: “The BJP government in UP slaps sedition& UAPA cases on people because its leadership suffers from allodoxaphobia.”
(Greek: Allo=different, doxo=opinion,phobos=fear

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) December 12, 2021

Mr. Tharoor has often been called a wordsmith. In June, Mr. Tharoor gave a cheeky response to those “who issue snarky remarks daily” about his diction. In April, he used a rarely used word- “floccinaucinihilipilification” – during banter with his fellow politician and TRS chief KT Rama Rao.

Before that, Mr. Tharoor has stumped people with “farrago” and “troglodyte”. “Farrago” means a confused mixture and “troglodyte” means a person regarded as being deliberately ignorant or old-fashioned.