Sentence examples for invidious distinctions from inspiring English sources

Counter to this vision ran the corrosive impact of emergent industrial capitalism, which, in the view of the Philadelphia Workingmen's Party, created "invidious distinctions [and] unjust and unnatural inequalities" by dividing Americans into "two distinct classes, the rich and the poor".

The benefit would be granted to all, to avoid creating "invidious distinctions" between rich and poor.

After "what happened", all citizens were given new surnames to eliminate "invidious distinctions between the doers and the done-to".

But a State may not accomplish such a purpose by invidious distinctions between classes of its citizens...

And the movies, which have done more than any other medium to upend such lazy and invidious distinctions, have nonetheless been irresistible to those who rely on them.

Given a history in which invidious distinctions were used as instruments of oppression, it is natural to ask whether an exhibition defined by race just perpetuates an outmoded way of thinking.

The fallacy, to my eyes, is in the invidious distinction between traditional and nontraditional novels.

Collins had a talent for invidious distinction and a pained intolerance of the graceful sham; he sifted the evidence of literature as if he were a detective.

Bennett condemns this endorsement as an "invidious distinction" (because white voters would not face such requirements) of a piece with Lincoln's commitment to white supremacy.

(Until then, I had the invidious distinction of having seen only one of the ten Best Picture nominees: "Toy Story 3," a film that I firmly believe was stolen by Barbie).

But to bring that competitive one-upmanship to a new level--what sociologist Thorstein Veblen called "invidious distinctions --you've got to have a spectacular showcase for all that loot.