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Recent Examples of aggrievement
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.
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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
The aggrieved white parent is perhaps the most potent reactionary figure in this country and the American classroom is a common scene of their aggrievement, waging battles against school desegregation and leading efforts fighting the teaching of evolution.
—Esther Wang, The New Republic, 14 July 2021
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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
The aggrieved white parent is perhaps the most potent reactionary figure in this country and the American classroom is a common scene of their aggrievement, waging battles against school desegregation and leading efforts fighting the teaching of evolution.
—Esther Wang, The New Republic, 14 July 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrievement
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But otherwise the climate, through its perturbations, has maintained conditions conducive to animal life for nearly a half-billion years.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Quantum machines of today are prone to errors, have a restricted size range, and are sensitive to perturbations in their surrounding environment.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Signs of psychosis can include hearing, seeing, or believing things that others don't, suspiciousness or extreme uneasiness, inappropriate emotions and trouble concentrating.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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Plus, there remains an overall uneasiness around the economy.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Cooper will want to keep an eye on industry disquiet about Channel 4’s plans to launch an in-house productions unit.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Battle Royale lingered, as did a general sense of disquiet.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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The second myth is that a partner should automatically know and provide for your needs—a belief that leads to resentment when unspoken expectations aren't met.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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Hidden resentments could be poisoning your work-life balance.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
21 Sep. 2025
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Given the nature of their underwhelming displays towards the latter stages of the season, more laborious performances will only add to the dejection.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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Ferran is just as compelling when such vibrancy and vitality gives way to dejection and disharmony as her aspiring writing career grinds to a halt and her health starts to deteriorate.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
2 May 2025
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“Aggrievement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrievement. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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