aggrievement

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Recent Examples of aggrievement Fox News is a world view, a lifestyle, a way of seeing the world, a 24/7 warm bath of false nostalgia and aggrievement primarily for older adults – some of whom are likely feeling left behind or threatened by the changes in American life. David Zurawik, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023 If aggrievement offers a general motive for mass murder, a shooter’s choice of location may offer more specific clues as to the circumstances that set him off, experts say. Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023 The Russian nationalist leader was a senior lawmaker whose sulphurous rhetoric and antics alarmed the West but appealed to Russians’ aggrievement and wounded pride. Bernard McGhee, al, 31 Dec. 2022 Predictably, the few recent mandates have elicited a good deal of aggrievement and derision from the anti-masking set. Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for aggrievement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrievement
Noun
  • With two satellites at supplementary inclinations, the Newtonian perturbations are equal and opposite in the two orbital planes and cancel each other out.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • First is that quantum transitions must be weak to bring about perturbations in experiments.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • Awareness of her good fortune offset any initial uneasiness or skepticism, although Stapleton was sufficiently independent-minded not to move into what was then Google’s new corporate housing development in Mountain View, California.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Still, Buffett had decided to pull his funding ahead of this decision, which could signal his uneasiness about the Gates Foundation’s relationship with Epstein.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • Moody’s, the credit-rating agency, has already signalled its disquiet.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 16 Aug. 2026
  • For years Pliny had followed the progress of his empire’s extractivism with increasing disquiet.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Notice where competence has quietly become obligation and where resentment is stirring.
    Tracy Kennedy, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • By the time Sanders came around, that vague hope had curdled into resentment.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In the end, Gizelle’s team triumphs, prompting more dejection from Vicki.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026
  • This has been one of Norway’s great months and reaching the end of the line was as much cause for pride as dejection across the capital.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 12 July 2026

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“Aggrievement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrievement. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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