dawndeferment
/ˌdɔːndɪˈfɜːmənt/nounVerified NewThe perpetual postponement of a country's promised breakthrough, sustained by the promise itself.
"The country of the future" is a scheduling device: the dawn is always one reform, one election, one discovery away. Hope does not postpone failure; failure is scheduled by hope.
Etym. — dawn + deferment: sunrise as a standing appointment that never books a date.
Rel. — riseandrust
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