outmoded concept
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoutmodedandconcept
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outmoded
adjective
uk/ˌaʊtˈməʊ.dɪd/us/ˌaʊtˈmoʊ.dɪd/
no longer modern, useful, ...
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concept
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.sept/us/ˈkɑːn.sept/
a principle ...
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(Definition ofoutmodedandconceptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The old extramural vision is long dead and gone and continuing education has taken its place, but that is now anoutmodedconcept.
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That is an old-fashioned, useless andoutmodedconcept.
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It is generally accepted to be anoutmodedconcept.
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That is a somewhatoutmodedconcept.
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That is an old,outmodedconcept.
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The system is the product of anoutmodedconceptof the welfare state, and it still fails to catch all whom it is designed to help.
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Surely that is anoutmodedconcept.
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That is a ratheroutmodedconcept.
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Campbell (1996) has termed this intellectual position "ontological nihilism," in which all intellectual statements are but expressions of interest group politics and science and objectivity become outmoded concepts.
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Out-dated industries are subsidised, out-dated jargon is resurrected, and outmoded concepts are extended.
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To turn in upon ourselves and return to outmoded concepts of sovereignty are inadequate responses in a globalised world.
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People who argue in that fashion are not a little aided and abetted by those who say that charity or compassion are dirty words and outmoded concepts.
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Racial classifications are based on outmoded concepts and dubious assumptions regarding genetic differences.
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