What does ENTITLED mean?
Definitions for ENTITLED
en·ti·tled
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Princeton's WordNet
entitledadjective
qualified for by right according to law
"we are all entitled to equal protection under the law"
Wikipedia
entitled
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.
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entitled
Entitled generally refers to having a rightful claim or belief to receive a certain privilege, respect, or treatment. It can also mean feeling that one inherently deserves special privileges or recognition. In literature or legal context, it means giving a particular title, name or designation to something.
Webster Dictionary
Entitled
of Entitle
Editors Contribution
entitled
To have the legislative authority and rights.
Under human rights legislation everyone is entitled to housing, education and an existence worthy of respect and dignity.
Submitted by MaryC on February 22, 2020
entitledverb
Verb form of the word entitle.
Everyone is entitled to their human rights.
Submitted by MaryC on February 22, 2020
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Entitled
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ENTITLED' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3746
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ENTITLED' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3329
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ENTITLED' in Adjectives Frequency: #488
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ENTITLED in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ENTITLED in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of ENTITLED in a Sentence
You’re entitled to your own opinion, but I stood up for what I believed was right.
It's a very young field of research but what we do know is that narcissistic children... feel more entitled than others and they want to be admired by others, when they feel they don't get the admiration they want, when they are humiliated or when they are rejected, they tend to lash out aggressively, so it predicts provoked aggression.
Probably the team took the best decision for them to keep the players as locked in as possible and not take that outside noise to affect the team as they go for a championship run, they have a great team. Do I know if it’s right or wrong? I don’t know. I’ve got to think about it. But at the end of the day, I think everybody’s entitled to their own opinion. But Kyrie’s a great player.
We understand that people are entitled to their own opinions, but we live in a small community and we have to respect one another.
We simply asked for five extra days. Five additional days seems entirely reasonable to me, fiat withdrew its offer, as it was entitled to do. But believe me, the state will never react under pressure.
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