social issue
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsocialandissue
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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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issue
noun[C]
uk/ˈɪʃ.uː/us/ˈɪʃ.uː/
a subject or problem that people are thinking and ...
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(Definition ofsocialandissuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsocial issue
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This was the first time 'thesocialissue' was debated.
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But courts, unlike parliament, do not have the resources necessary for assessing the various dimensions of a complexsocialissue.
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Charismatic and telegenic leaders could exert control over both the saliency and interpretation of anysocialissue.
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These findings bring us back to the largersocialissuemotivating this study.
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Prospective studies are needed to clarify this important clinical andsocialissue.
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Concern about being a burden to others was the most disturbingsocialissue, and was acknowledged as such by 48.1% of the participants.
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By focusing on a singlesocialissue, students can become 'experts' on one aspect of the society.
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As a result ' ' miscegenation,' ' or mixing of ' ' races, ' ' a word newly coined in the 1864 presidential contest, became an explosive political andsocialissue.
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Typically, a currentsocialissueis introduced by the program host.
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It is very much asocialissue.
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Additionally, she believed that this was ' her ' problem, not an issue for other older people, nor asocialissuearound the notion of privilege and rights.
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Ageing is simultaneously an academic problem, a pressingsocialissueand an urgent personal concern.
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This debate on the safety of transfusions and self-sufficiency in blood and blood products raises an importantsocialissue.
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After all, this is not asocialissue, but it was included in the accession treaty in order to alleviate our existing major competitive disadvantage.
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I, personally, am in favour of an open debate on this subject, because it is a fundamentalsocialissue, an entirely legitimate question.
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This is a safety issue and not just asocialissue.
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It is structural violence and asocialissue.
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Finally, this is asocialissuewhich is very sensitive in many countries.
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Pensions are, first and foremost, asocialissue, but with huge, serious economic implications.
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