social harmony

collocation in English

meaningsofsocialandharmony

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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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harmony
noun
uk
/ˈhɑː.mə.ni/
us
/ˈhɑːr.mə.ni/
a pleasant musical sound made by different notes being played or sung at the ...
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(Definition ofsocialandharmonyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsocial harmony

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The portrayal has lasted and still serves its purpose as an ideal ofsocialharmony.
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Both sought to find a means to producesocialharmonywhile allowing for the amicable settlement of dispute.
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The rebellion and its attempts to establishsocialharmonycollapses.
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Yet it signified the expropriation of local traditions meant to assuresocialharmonyand solidarity, using them to meet alien goals instead.
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Indeed, aesthetic andsocialharmonyin the city could only be achieved through ' ' rational growth.
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The fourth principle is thatsocialharmonymust prevail over individual interest.
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Such patriarchal visions ofsocialharmonydid not, however, go unchallenged.
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Three generations were convinced that free enterprise would lead to welfare andsocialharmony.
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Several informants mentioned the prohibitions against the consumption of alcohol, which brought greatersocialharmonyto the village.
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The massive disregard of the long-established taboo caused fear of admonition by supernatural forces and profound worries about the continuity of life andsocialharmony.
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For some, its purpose is functional : the restoration ofsocialharmony.
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Therefore, to describe the use of force as violence is to question its legitimacy in relationship tosocialharmonyand public order.
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The senses of vision and hearing should therefore remain divided, to prevent the dissonance of mechanical reproduction from disrupting thesocialharmonyof good music.
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A concern withsocialharmonyleads to primary focus on "person-making," by which the rational, emotional, physical, moral, and aesthetic aspects of our being are developed and integrated.
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However, even used in this sense, community does not necessarily implysocialharmonyand lack of con-ict within the social group, or even a widely agreed set of values.
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Synonyms for peaceful co-existence includesocialharmonyand social cohesion.
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From the 1890s, then, both politicians moved increasingly into the conservative fold,' ' while their policies of social imperialism and tariff reform proved unable to bring aboutsocialharmony.
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Nothing and no one can destroy these unions and nothing and no one can stop them from regulating work, within mutual and reciprocal respect, within liberty andsocialharmony.
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This had dire consequences forsocialharmony.
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Most chose a doctrine ofsocialharmony.
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