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Castorp Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
Invidious distinctions
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00 What is the meaning of 'invidious distinctions'? Some examples bellow: 02 br
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00 1. In the first place, the Japanese language is pleasingly destitute of personal pronouns. Not only is the obnoxious "I" conspicuous only by its absence; the objectionable antagonistic "you" is also entirely suppressed, while the intrusive "he" is evidently too much of a third person to be wanted. Such invidious distinctions of identity apparently never thrust their presence upon the simple early Tartar minds. I, you, and he, not being differences due to nature, demanded, to their thinking, no recognition of man. 02 br
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00 2. The largest organized secession, though, from Boston Unitarianism and its values was the communitarian experiment in rural living known as Brook Farm, initiated by George Ripley in 1841. The goal was to unite the mind with the hand, and eliminate the corresponding invidious distinctions between classes in society. Everyone participated in farm work and its excellent school on the premises underlined the pedagogical nature of the entire enterprise. 02 br
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00 What is the meaning of 'invidious distinctions'? Some examples bellow: 02 br
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00 1. In the first place, the Japanese language is pleasingly destitute of personal pronouns. Not only is the obnoxious "I" conspicuous only by its absence; the objectionable antagonistic "you" is also entirely suppressed, while the intrusive "he" is evidently too much of a third person to be wanted. Such invidious distinctions of identity apparently never thrust their presence upon the simple early Tartar minds. I, you, and he, not being differences due to nature, demanded, to their thinking, no recognition of man. 02 br
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00 2. The largest organized secession, though, from Boston Unitarianism and its values was the communitarian experiment in rural living known as Brook Farm, initiated by George Ripley in 1841. The goal was to unite the mind with the hand, and eliminate the corresponding invidious distinctions between classes in society. Everyone participated in farm work and its excellent school on the premises underlined the pedagogical nature of the entire enterprise. 02 br
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00 Thank you, 02 br
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0 Hi Castorp, 02 br 02 br 00 Did you look up "invidious" in the dictionary? com/dictionary/invidious
- 0 Hi Castorp, 02 br 02 br 00 Did you look up "invidious" in the dictionary?
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0 Hi Castorp, 02 br
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00 Did you look up "invidious" in the dictionary? Here's one: 01 a 05 0 00 02 a 02 br
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00 I believe the writer in 1 would use definition 3b: of a kind to cause harm or resentment, where in 2, it would be definition 1: tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy, but p
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00 Did you look up "invidious" in the dictionary? Here's one: 01 a 05 0 00 02 a 02 br
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00 I believe the writer in 1 would use definition 3b: of a kind to cause harm or resentment, where in 2, it would be definition 1: tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy, but p
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 Yeah. I looked up in Cambridge Dictionary and Collins. However I felt that I was losing some of the complete meaning and I was looking for an additional explanation. 02 br
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00 Yeah. I looked up in Cambridge Dictionary and Collins. However I felt that I was losing some of the complete meaning and I was looking for an additional explanation. 02 br
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00 Thanks. You had help me. 0-
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I have always used the expressions 'invidious distinctions' and 'invidious differentiation' to refer to 'differences that do not seem to make a difference'. For example, a home builder who gives you choices to make the home your own like red Formica or blue Formica, et cetera. Stephen Graham, Dallas, TX
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