sense of injustice
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseandinjustice
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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injustice
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈdʒʌs.tɪs/us/ɪnˈdʒʌs.tɪs/
(an example of) a situation in which there is no fairness ...
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(Definition ofsenseandinjusticefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A common theme in the complaints of healthy detainees was asenseofinjusticethat arose from the seeming futility of their incarceration.
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The violence stems from local grievances; people feel a gravesenseofinjusticeand discrimination from the national government.
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Items within this domain included anger, rejection, and asenseofinjustice.
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The popularsenseofinjusticewould threaten the authority of power given the first opportunity for concerted action.
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In each case, there is some sin they cherish, some resentment or jealousy,senseofinjustice, or the like that they cling to as if their lives depended upon it.
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So there is that addedsenseofinjusticethat the true comparison in terms of loss of income is not being made.
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In all that, there is a profoundsenseofinjustice.
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But may they not also have gained some slightsenseofinjustice?
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Of course, that must cause a feeling of discontent, and asenseofinjustice, if it takes place.
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Left behind in the trail of all those things was asenseofinjusticeamongst the working mining population which it takes generations to remove.
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In the meantime, public servants of all classes have suffered an acutesenseofinjustice.
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I am satisfied that there need be nosenseofinjusticeand that no unnecessary difficulties will be put in the way.
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There will always be asenseofinjustice.
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That adds to thesenseofinjustice.
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Widows in general are feeling asenseofinjusticeabout the way in which they are treated by the tax system.
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This would help to remove an existingsenseofinjustice, and would restore an incentive to sell.
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It contained people'ssenseofinjusticeby outlining some kind of orderly queue for wage rises.
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I particularly echo and emphasise thesenseofinjusticethat has emerged from a reading of the tribunal's report.
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The self-employed know that, and it adds to theirsenseofinjustice.
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