Disparagement "Activist Judge"

cepowell (United States of America)
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  1. judge
    an official who decides questions before a court
  2. activist
    a reformer who works to achieve social or political change
  3. disparagement
    a communication that belittles somebody or something
    "Activist Judge" is a disparagement.
  4. depreciate
    decline in value
    To use "activist judge" is an effort to depreciate the rulings of judges with whose rulings the accuser disagrees.
  5. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
    "Activist judge" as a disparagement is invidious in that it is intended to show that the judge has given to someone else that which belongs to the hearer -- it casts envy upon the hearer.
  6. flatter
    praise somewhat dishonestly
    Where "activist judge" falsely accuses a judge in the manner of his process, flattery falsely heaps desireable attributes.
  7. discontent
    a longing for something better than the present situation
    When an audience hears a judge accused of activism, the audience is discontent because of the dissonance between the ideas of authority of the judicial system and the idea that militant activism can overthrow the judicial process.
  8. animosity
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
    "Activist judge" conjures the idea that the judge is unfair in his process and the parties in the suit should not accept the judgment, thus animosity continues.
  9. envy
    a desire to have something that is possessed by another
  10. resentment
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  11. degrade
    reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
  12. decry
    express strong disapproval of
Created on Sun Apr 05 22:30:50 EDT 2009

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