general discontent

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general
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/us
/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are considered as ...
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discontent
noun[U]
uk
/ˌdɪs.kənˈtent/us
/ˌdɪs.kənˈtent/
a feeling of wanting better treatment or an ...
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(Definition ofgeneralanddiscontentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In this manner, he mobilisedgeneraldiscontentamong tobacco farmers and other producer segments in the ejidos of the municipality.
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I am not aware of thatgeneraldiscontent.
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Is it any wonder that there isgeneraldiscontentwith the powers that be about what they have done?
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I am not aware that there is anygeneraldiscontentof the kind suggested.
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I am not aware of anygeneraldiscontentover these arrangements.
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I would very shortly define the items of thatgeneraldiscontent.
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They are seeing their capital increase enormously and as a result the increased inequality in this country is causinggeneraldiscontent.
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I am not aware of anygeneraldiscontenton this ground among women volunteers.
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I am not aware that there is anygeneraldiscontentamong practitioners at the personnel of the medical boards.
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I am not aware of anygeneraldiscontent.
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There are a number of other reasons, of course, why thisgeneraldiscontentprevailed.
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Is not the latest outburst of crowd violence at soccer matches an indication of thegeneraldiscontentin society?
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However, there are other grievances that assume greater significance when they are added to thegeneraldiscontent.
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If one expands too much, confidence disappears and one faces the burden of higher interest rates,generaldiscontentand a feeling that the wrong policy choices have been made.
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It breeds not only discontent and opposition to that particular item, butgeneraldiscontentand opposition to other measures which are probably very desirable and necessary.
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The sepoys were accordingly affected by thegeneraldiscontentwhich had been stirred up by the annexation.
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Assuming the title of president in 1964, he resigned later that year due togeneraldiscontentaround the rule of the military regime.
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What she said amounted to no more thangeneraldiscontent.
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Finally, they mentioned the growinggeneraldiscontentbecause of the government's nearly absolutist nature.
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