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ressentiment
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The professor's comments on the ressentiment of the urban poor caused quite a stir in class because:

a.) Her students felt it was wrong to ascribe a cynical, defeatist attitude to every poor person in the inner city.

b.) Her students thought that sealing off poor neighborhoods was an outrageous proposition.

c.) Her students had not realized that the urban poor were about to attempt a revolution.

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