stridency

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What's driving this increased stridency among the public?

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

"In my judgement, this is not the time to amplify disagreement with stridency," she wrote.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024

They’re reminders of ingenuity and resilience, but also the stridency that grew from this country’s stubborn belief in individualism and personal freedom above all else.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2023

Despite near-constant expressions of gratitude for Western aid, his public statements can occasionally veer into stridency, annoying the Biden administration on more than one occasion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2022

It is not as though I had expected an apology from her, but the stridency of this reply did, I must say, take me aback a little.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro