entitlement

Definitions

noun

1

The right to have something, whether actual or perceived.

The auxiliary members of the royal family often have the greatest capacity to inflame public scepticism about monarchy, and Prince Harry once seemed determined to personify the entitlement and pointlessness that could have jeopardised the continuity of the crown.

2

Power, an authority to do something.

3

Something to which one is entitled.

4

A legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government that meets the criteria set in law, such as social security in the US.

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4

ADJ.

major, over, profound, special, strong, youthful

VERB + ENTITLEMENT

personify, sense

ENTITLEMENT + NOUN

generation's, pointle

PREP.

than

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The auxiliary members of the royal family often have the greatest capacity to inflame public scepticism about monarchy, and Prince Harry once seemed determined to personify the entitlement and pointle

Wiktionary

02

There is nothing more out-of-date than youthful entitlement.

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03

Tom has a sense of entitlement.

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04

What I hate most about fascists is their chauvinism, their brazen hatred of persecuted minority groups, and their sense of entitlement to rule over others.

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Sociopaths have a profound sense of entitlement that makes them think that everyone is obligated to them.

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Tom's involuntary celibacy came to an end when he let go of his sense of entitlement.

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