What does entitlement mean?

Definitions for entitlement
ɛnˈtaɪ tl mənten·ti·tle·ment

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word entitlement.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. entitlementnoun

    right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits)

    "entitlements make up the major part of the federal budget"

GCIDE

  1. entitlementnoun

    a right granted by law or contract, especially to financial benefits from the government.

Wiktionary

  1. entitlementnoun

    the right to have something

  2. entitlementnoun

    something that one is entitled to (or believes that one is entitled to)

  3. entitlementnoun

    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 the Pell Grant and social security in the US.

  4. Etymology: entitle + -ment

Wikipedia

  1. Entitlement

    An entitlement is a provision made in accordance with a legal framework of a society. Typically, entitlements are based on concepts of principle ("rights") which are themselves based in concepts of social equality or enfranchisement. In psychology, entitlement mentality is defined as a sense of deservingness or being owed a favor when little or nothing has been done to deserve special treatment.

ChatGPT

  1. entitlement

    Entitlement refers to the right to receive a particular benefit or privilege. It can also imply a belief that one inherently deserves certain privileges or special treatment. This concept is often used in the context of social services, where certain groups or individuals are said to be 'entitled' to a specific service or benefit, such as healthcare, social security benefits, or unemployment benefits.

Wikidata

  1. Entitlement

    An entitlement is a guarantee of access to benefits based on established rights or by legislation. A "right" is itself an entitlement associated with a moral or social principle, such that an "entitlement" is a provision made in accordance with legal framework of a society. Typically, entitlements are laws based on concepts of principle which are themselves based in concepts of social equality or enfranchisement. In a casual sense, the term "entitlement" refers to a notion or belief that one is deserving of some particular reward or benefit—if given without deeper legal or principled cause, the term is often given with pejorative connotation.

Editors Contribution

  1. entitlement

    An official right given by contract or legislation.

    The entitlement to travel is guaranteed by the ticket.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of entitlement in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of entitlement in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of entitlement in a Sentence

  1. Judge Olu Stevens:

    History will unfavorably judge a prosecutor who loses a jury trial in which a black man is acquitted and then appeals the matter claiming his entitlement to an all white jury panel.

  2. Republican Rep. Jason Lewis:

    There's a cultural problem in the African-American community that is leading to this. The entitlement mentality, you're a victim. It's OK to hate women, beat up women. It's OK to hate gays. All this, we're just sort of feeding this to people who are very lost because of the breakdown of society to begin with.

  3. John Boehner:

    We know we've got more serious entitlement reform that's needed. It shouldn't take another two decades to do it.

  4. Sarah Schielke:

    If I didn’t release this, the Loveland Police’s toxic culture of arrogance and entitlement, along with their horrific abuse of the vulnerable and powerless, would carry on, business as usual. I won’t be a part of that.

  5. Diane Goodman:

    It’s easy to point to Gruden and go, ‘Oh, isn’t he terrible?’ and ‘Look at the terrible things he did.’ But that doesn’t look at that larger culture, where people were participating with him. People were allowing these emails to exist. It really is about the whole culture and that sense, that I’m sure people have cultivated, to feel like, ‘I can say these things and they will be, at best, appreciated and reciprocated or, at worst, people may not appreciate them but nothing’s going to happen.’ And that is about privilege and entitlement, there is the assumption that ‘I can say these things to another white man who is going to think they’re OK.'.

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