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discontent

noun as in dissatisfaction

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On Sept. 5, Beirut declined to adopt explicitly its own army’s disarmament plan to avoid Shiite discontent after five cabinet ministers from that sect, including the ostensibly “independent” Fadi Makki, walked out of a meeting.

Even though Usha Vance left her career as a high-powered lawyer to be second lady, she hasn’t bothered to mask her discontent and her desire to return to the legal profession.

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Prabowo himself has faced a series of violent protests since sweeping to electoral victory last year, mainly sparked by discontent over economic inequality and lavish perks for lawmakers.

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That discontent, then and now, led to political polarization as need sowed division, and leaders with selfish agendas channeled fear into anger and anger into power.

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In many ways, my family’s move to Italy was borne out of our discontent as parents in America.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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