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jealousy

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  • n  a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
  • n  zealous vigilance
    cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"-Paul Blanshard

  • Out of jealousy, the caravan captain ruthlessly abandons a middleaged, kindly schoolteacher in the desert.
  • Statistics published by the Paris Prefecture of Police show that ninety per cent of 190 murders for love or jealousy went unpunished last year.
  • This may come as no surprise to regular users of Facebook, but students who are heavy users of the social-networking tool tend to report more jealousy toward their romantic .
Quotes

  • Tom Osborne in FOXSports.com
    We certainly don't have anything against anybody in the Big 12,Osborne said. "This decision is not going to be based on animosity or petty jealousy. You're talking about something that could maintain for the next 75 to 100 years."
  • Thomas Jefferson in Sri Lanka Guardian (blog)
    Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1799, "Free government is founded in jealousy, not confidence.......... In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in men, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."
  • John McLaren in International Herald Tribune
    I think there is a little friction and tension in there, a little jealousy,McLaren said. "I think the players have to (fix) it on their own. Sometimes we get caught up in our own world. This is a team sport. I think there are some issues...

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