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- noun The state of being
aggrieved .
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Examples
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With his usual sense of entitlement and aggrievement, Bill Clinton of Arkansas did not want Caroline Kennedy of New York to have the seat that Hillary Clinton of Illinois held.
Maureen Dowd begins the next volume in her series of novels, A Dance to the Music of My Ego and Id 2009
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With his usual sense of entitlement and aggrievement, Bill Clinton of Arkansas did not want Caroline Kennedy of New York to have the seat that Hillary Clinton of Illinois held.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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Anyone who plays along with her aggrievement is delusional or a chump.
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The rising political temper among Sikhs, after Jarnail lobbed his shoe, was indicative of the deep-seated sense of aggrievement and made party strategists assess the fallout.
Election Digest: Protests Peak in Punjab, Tytler Defiant 2009
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Today the feeling of being aggrieved by American bigotry is far more a matter of identity than of actual aggrievement…
Shelby Steele:Why minorities are estranged from conservatism « Sigmund, Carl and Alfred 2009
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To a superficial observer it seems that the Government, by deferring to the susceptibility of the Muslims, is encouraging their sense of aggrievement, while obtaining none of their goodwill.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Demagoguery and aggrievement are nothing new in American politics.
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Today the feeling of being aggrieved by American bigotry is far more a matter of identity than of actual aggrievement.
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Demagoguery and aggrievement are nothing new in American politics.
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Today the feeling of being aggrieved by American bigotry is far more a matter of identity than of actual aggrievement…
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