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entitlement

[en-tahy-tl-muhnt]

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noun

the act of entitling.

the state of being entitled.

the right to guaranteed benefits under a government program, as Social Security or unemployment compensation.

Origin:
1825–35; entitle + -ment

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entitle (ɪnˈtaɪt^əl)

—vb
1.	to give (a person) the right to do or have something; qualify; allow
2.	to give a name or title to
3.	to confer a title of rank or honour upon

[C14: from Old French entituler, from Late Latin intitulāre, from Latin titulustitle]

en'titlement

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Word Origin & History

entitlement

1823, perhaps in some senses from Fr. entitlement, which long had been used in legal language; in part a native formation from entitle + -ment. Entitlement culture attested by late 1980s.

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"Many older wealthy families have learned to instill a sense of public service in their offspring. But newly affluent middle-class parents have not acquired this skill. We are using our children as symbols of leisure-class standing without building in safeguards against an overweening sense of entitlement—a sense of entitlement that may incline some young people more toward the good life than toward the hard work that, for most of us, makes the good life possible."

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