In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
RESSENTIMENT
Etymology
Noun
ressentiment (countable and uncountable, plural ressentiments)
(obsolete) Resentment. [17th-18th c.]
(chiefly, social psychology) A sense of resentment arising from suppressed feelings of envy and hatred, often leading to a frustrated sense of inferiority, with various social repercussions. [from 19th c.]
• ibidem, page 167
Anagrams
• resentiments
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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