| 知识 | Injustice and unfairness are sinful and wicked, especially if you naïvely believe that life is fair. So a “den of iniquity” is a place where vice flourishes; an iniquity is a sin or vice, or an egregiously immoral act; and iniquity is wickedness, sinfulness. Adjective: iniquitous. |
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| 拓展 | By one of those delightful surprises and caprices characteristic of language, the change of a single letter (e to i), extends the meaning of a word far beyond its derivation and original denotation. |
| 《》 | more on equality |
| 出处 | Word Power Made Easy SESSION 21 |
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