attrition

1.  a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength: Our club has had a high rate of attrition because so many members have moved away.

2.  a wearing down or weakening of resistance, especially as a result of continuous pressure or harassment: The enemy surrounded the town and conducted a war of attrition.

3.  a gradual reduction in work force without firing of personnel, as when workers resign or retire and are not replaced.

4.  the act of rubbing against something; friction.

5.  a wearing down or away by friction; abrasion.

logomachy

1: a dispute over or about words

2: a controversy marked by verbiage

laconic

(of a person, speech, or style of writing) Using very few words.


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demagogue

1. A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument.
2. (in ancient Greece and Rome) A leader or orator who espoused the cause of the common people

surreptitious

1 : done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
2 : acting or doing something clandestinely : stealthy, a surreptitious glance

bloviate

–verb (used without object), ‐at·ed, ‐at·ing.
to speak pompously.

—Related forms
blo·vi·a·tion, noun

culpable

meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful <culpable negligence>