“In these novels, desire and deservingness coincide, suturing over the paradox at the center of inheritance.”
“This is because entitlement perceptions are often based on an unfounded sense of superiority and deservingness.”
“A noncomparative desert principle associates a proper amount of recognition, remuneration, or reward with an individual's particular level of deservingness.”
“The next few hours are spent dissecting the age of the nominees, the deservedness of the movies and, of course, raging over the snubs.”
“Such patients often exude a repulsive sense of innate deservedness as if they were far superior to the physician.”
“Thus, unauthorized immigrants who demonstrate civic involvement, social deservedness, and national loyalty can argue that they merit legal residency, and often get it.”