invidious

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As regards the conservation of propensities, spiritual attitude, or animus, the two may be called the invidious or self-regarding and the non-invidious or economical.

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  1. adjective Tending to rouse ill will, animosity, or resentment: invidious accusations.
  2. adjective Containing or implying a slight; discriminatory: invidious distinctions.
  3. adjective Envious.

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  • It would be certainly invidious, and probably futile, to attempt a nice, comparative estimate of the services of these three men to the common cause of humanity; let us be content with the admission that Bjornstjerne Bjornson is primus inter pares , and make no attempt to exalt him at the expense of his great contemporaries. —  Bjornstjerne Bjornson
  • Illustrations would perhaps be invidious, as seeming to imply a blame upon individuals which Nelson expressly disavowed; blame that officers of exceptional professional capacity, concerning whom the measured professional opinion of Lord Howe affirmed that the Battle of the Nile “was unparalleled in this respect, that every captain distinguished himself,” fell short of the peculiar excellence attained by Nelson only among the men of his day. —  The Life of Nelson, Vol. I
  • Moreover, having an ethnically-based state is invidious (Jim Crow in the US was a form of white Protestant ethnic nationalism). —  Soccer Dad
  • Finley does suggest that "invidious viewpoint discrimination" in such judgments may be unconstitutional, though presumably non-invidious viewpoint discrimination would be permissible. —  The Volokh Conspiracy
  • There is also no definition of when viewpoint discrimination becomes "invidious," and it's not clear to what extent the —  The Volokh Conspiracy
 

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  1. From Latin invidiōsus, envious, hostile, from invidia, envy; see envy.

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  1. from Latin invidiosus, envious, from invidia, envy: see envy. Cf. envious, a doublet of invidious.
 

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