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salami technique

salami technique noun: the reaching of a goal by using small, consistent steps.

Noun

salami technique (plural salami techniques)

  1. The reaching of a goal by using small, consistent steps.
    • The salami technique was developed by the Communists in response to the need for fooling the majority of the people in any given country during the critical period of the Red takeover.1955, Marguerite Higgins, News is a Singular Thing
    • Bliss recommends using a salami technique to overcome procrastination. Whether dealing with salami or a task, cut the subject into as many small manageable slices as possible and both become more appetizing.1986, Ann Smith Rice, Suzanne M. Tucker, Family Life Management

salami technique meaning in Tamil

salami technique in Tamil

சிறிதளவு கையாடல் செய்தல், சலோமி கையாடல் உத்தி

Examples of salami technique in a sentence

  • The salami technique is a special case of the Trojan Horse.1992, Lars Frank, EDP-security
  • Were it not for the salami technique, you would not be reading these words because I would never have written them.1998, Rick Howard, Jamie Lash, This Was Your Life!
  • The government used something called the salami technique—discrimination enacted one thin slice at a time.2008, James R. Norton, The Holocaust: Jews, Germany, and the National Socialistshttps://books.google.com/books?id=nXgTEnJMYNoC&pg=PA23&dq=%2...

Forms of salami technique

pluralsalami techniques

Origin of salami technique

From the idea of cutting a salami one small slice at a time.

Questions about salami technique

What does salami technique mean?
Salami technique means the reaching of a goal by using small, consistent steps.
What is salami technique in Tamil?
Salami technique in Tamil is சிறிதளவு கையாடல் செய்தல், சலோமி கையாடல் உத்தி. See Salami technique meaning in Tamil.
How do you use salami technique in a sentence?
The salami technique is a special case of the Trojan Horse.
What part of speech is salami technique?
Salami technique is a noun.
What is the plural of salami technique?
The plural of salami technique is salami techniques.

Words near salami technique in the dictionary

  1. salami slice
  2. salami sliced
  3. salami slices
  4. salami slicing
  5. salami tactics
  6. salami technique
  7. salami techniques
  8. salami-slice
  9. salami-sliced
  10. salami-slices
  11. salami-slicing

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