social discontent

collocation in English

meaningsofsocialanddiscontent

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social
adjective
uk
/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/us
/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are ...
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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 ofsocialanddiscontentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has become a positive factory of political andsocialdiscontent.
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If these cases cannot be adequately remedied, they lead to a build-up of pressure andsocialdiscontent.
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I hope that we can avert a repetition of thesocialdiscontentand racial disharmony which follows acquittals in these cases.
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Do you think it is in the interests of the people whom you defend that you should havesocialdiscontentand chaos in this country?
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They then declare that the remedies that they recommend for thesocialdiscontentmust immediately be put into effect.
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We also agree that a more independent media would have a useful role to play to channelsocialdiscontentpeacefully in times of economic stress.
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High unemployment and lack of prospects causesocialdiscontent, which feeds radical political forces.
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I must issue a warning aboutsocialdiscontentin relation to the creation of energy poverty.
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Unfortunately, during the present period of high unemployment, bitterness andsocialdiscontenthave accumulated, and that may produce great evils for us.
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Monetarist policies are sowing the seeds of majorsocialdiscontent, with poverty, low pay and unemployment.
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They pointed out that throughout history such a fall in prices has been the most serious cause ofsocialdiscontentand political disruption.
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At some stage there will besocialdiscontent.
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We all talk about thesocialdiscontentwhich is an inevitable consequence of a high rate of inflation.
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We are talking against a background of unemployment andsocialdiscontentsuch as has not been seen since the end of the last war.
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Where these changes are rapid there is, as my noble friend said, great danger of social ferment andsocialdiscontent.
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Out of this housing business, a greatersocialdiscontentwill arise than that which arose out of unemployment after the last war.
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I should like to consider the serious problems caused bysocialdiscontentin northern cities.
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Poverty and ignorance are two of the chief sources of our trouble andsocialdiscontent, and we desperately need money to spend on social services of all kinds.
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Governments run an even laxer fiscal policy to cope withsocialdiscontentand the independent central bank tightens monetary policy to offset the lax fiscal policy.
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