social inequality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsocialandinequality
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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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inequality
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɒl.ə.ti/us/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
the unfair situation in society when some people have more opportunities, money, etc. than ...
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(Definition ofsocialandinequalityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Accordingly,socialinequalityis broadly accepted.
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But there is broad agreement thatsocialinequalityexisted.
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Differential access to resources of fundamental importance strengthenssocialinequality.
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So higher social spending does not necessarily redresssocialinequality.
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Language variation appears to be one of the last great bastions ofsocialinequality.
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An associated argument is that age and generation comprise increasingly important dimensions ofsocialinequality.
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From this standpoint, the general pattern ofsocialinequalityis expressed in medical interviews, as elsewhere.
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Meeting the mental health needs of older women : takingsocialinequalityinto account.
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Although cities offer enormous economic opportunities, they are also characterized bysocialinequalityand exclusion.
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A better effort could have been made to avoid the reform'ssocialinequality-reinforcing elements.
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Thissocialinequalityis also observed through the prestige goods deposited as grave offerings.
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There is greatersocialinequality.
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This leads tosocialinequality.
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The burden of ill health resulting fromsocialinequalityis again seen to fall on the poor alone.
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In all cases, these intifadat amounted to protests againstsocialinequality, corruption, nepotism, authoritarianism, and the regime's incompetence.
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Some iron age societies were either less hierarchical or (more likely) expressedsocialinequalityin different ways.
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A number of good indices ofsocialinequalityare in any case available from the material record.
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In other words, the concept links the health of individuals to the structures ofsocialinequalitywhich shape their lives.
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One final example of material evidence that indicatessocialinequalityis metalwork, especially that produced in precious metals.
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Redressing the tensions created by thissocialinequalityremains paramount in helping to achieve the positive benefits of decentralisation.
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Even more corrosive than these social ills, however, has been thesocialinequalitythat the tourist sector highlights and exacerbates.
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They disparaged the notion that popular resistance might spring from decades ofsocialinequalityand military dictatorship.
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They are a reflection ofsocialinequality.
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