19 October 2017
ulterior
[uhl-teer-ee-er]
adjective
1. being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed:
ulterior motives.
2. coming at a subsequent time or stage; future; further:
ulterior action.
3. lying beyond or outside of some specified or understood boundary; more remote:
a suggestion ulterior to the purposes of the present discussion.
Origin of ulterior
1640-1650; Latin: farther, akin to ultrā on the far side; cf. ultra-
Related forms
ulteriorly, adverb
Synonyms
1. hidden, covert, undisclosed, undivulged.
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Examples from the Web for ulterior
Contemporary Examples
I think a misconception everybody has is that I had an ulterior motive.
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Aurora Snow
November 26, 2014
While Baldwin is an unconvincing gay rights activist, he seems to have an ulterior motive in writing this article.
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Amy Zimmerman
February 26, 2014
Historical Examples
I must now see Don Alonso, and prepare the way for ulterior plans.
Gomez Arias
Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
In addition to the list, I left a statement of the ulterior demands.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX
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Today’s quote
There is often talk of human rights, but it is also necessary to talk of the rights of humanity. Why should some people walk barefoot, so that others can travel in luxurious cars? Why should some live for thirty-five years, so that others can live for seventy years? Why should some be miserably poor, so that others can be hugely rich? I speak on behalf of the children in the world who do not have a piece of bread. I speak on the behalf of the sick who have no medicine, of those whose rights to life and human dignity have been denied.
– Fidel Castro
On this day
19 October 1924 – Leon Trotsky, one of the founders of the Soviet Union and founder of the Red Army, is thrown out of the Soviet Politburo and his followers persecuted after he opposed Stalin. Trotsky was eventually expelled from the Communist Party and in 1929 was deported from the Soviet Union. He continued his opposition to Stalinism from his base in Mexico.
19 October 1944 – birth of Peter Tosh, Jamaican reggae singer and musician. From 1963 to 1974, Tosh was a member of Bob Marley and Wailers until going solo. His most famous song is ‘Legalize It’, about legalising marijuana. Tosh’s album, ‘Bush Doctor’, included a duet with Mick Jagger in the song, ‘Don’t Look Back’. Tosh was a Rastafarian. He campaigned against apartheid, which he sang about on his album ‘Equal Rights’. Tosh was murdered on 11 September 1987, after three men broke into his house and tortured him in an effort to extort money. After several hours, one of the men shot Tosh in the head, killing him. Two other friends of Tosh’s were also killed.
19 October 2001 – 353 asylum seekers drown when the boat they are on sinks 70km south of Java. The victims included 146 children, 142 women and 65 men. They were travelling from Indonesia to Australia and were predominantly Iraqi. Australian authorities labelled the boat SIEV-X (SIEV is short for ‘Suspected Illegal Entry Vehicle’). The incident became a major political issue and coupled with other incidents, such as the ‘Tampa crisis’ and the ‘Children Overboard affair’, resulted in major changes to Australia’s migration laws, including excising 4,600 islands from Australia’s migration zone and introduction of the controversial ‘Pacific Solution’.