nightglowgap
/ˈnaɪtˌɡloʊˌɡæp/nounVerified NewThe perceived development gap between nations as measured by satellite night-lights.
A real metric became a moral one: brightness at night reads as competence, and dark regions read as failure, whatever actually happens on the ground.
Etym. — *night glow* + *gap*.
Rel. — skylinnesia
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