Definitions
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- noun The state or quality of being
deserving .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
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Examples
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The birther movement, Lewis argued, is completely fueled by this emotional connection to deservingness, which is primed primarily by racial resentment.
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The birther movement, Lewis argued, is completely fueled by this emotional connection to deservingness, which is primed primarily by racial resentment.
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The birther movement, Lewis argued, is completely fueled by this emotional connection to deservingness, which is primed primarily by racial resentment.
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In fact, because those are measures of "deservingness", of worth, it's probably fair to a large degree.
Archive 2007-02-01 Hal Duncan 2007
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In fact, because those are measures of "deservingness", of worth, it's probably fair to a large degree.
The Latest Teacup Tempest Hal Duncan 2007
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There is a sense of failure and self-deservingness where you think you have the right to walk away from the place with beach vacation best friends and final loves, the pages that confirm an assumed prophecy.
RailRoads Johnny Dantonio 2010
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Thanks Homer – yeah, it can be kinda sad to the rest of us, but a stupid confident person will usually do well, “deservingness” be damned!
Why Stupid People Succeed | Motivational Humor from the Motivational Smart Ass! 2010
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The failure of the CPSC to act when alerted to this cadmium danger further illustrates her dereliction in protecting America's children from life-threatening toxins, and her deep deservingness of a public pillory -- one in which none of the clasps contain lead or cadmium, of course.
Leo W. Gerard: Protecting Our Kids from Cadmium-laden "Sassy Chic" Bracelets 2008
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You know, the people who have a sense of entitlement or deservingness.
Deborah Norville: An Excerpt From Thank You Power: Making The Science Of Gratitude Work For You 2008
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Maybe the point of the story, if it has one, is to illustrate the general perversity of the Britons and their deservingness of punishment by showing that even their holy hermit gave bad advice?
Bede: the Father of the Footnote Carla 2007
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