social phenomenon
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsocialandphenomenon
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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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phenomenon
noun[C]
uk/fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/us/fəˈnɑː.mə.nɑːn/
something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual ...
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(Definition ofsocialandphenomenonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Other studies that include this variable report similar results, illustrating that democracy as asocialphenomenontends to have inertia.
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However, adaptability is a generalsocialphenomenon,68 and its explanatory power is even used in areas where this may appear alien.
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Since then, the unprecedented lottery fever has become asocialphenomenonthat deserves our attention.
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In recent years, our understanding of language as asocialphenomenonhas increased greatly.
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Identity, in this view, is construed as an internal essence, not asocialphenomenon.
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No, rather the complex nature of dementia and dementia care highlight the challenges we have in the investigation of any complexsocialphenomenon.
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First, the social constructivist approach within the sociology of technology (4) conceives technology as an inherentlysocialphenomenon.
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Together they might suggest paths of reinterpretation of ageing as asocialphenomenon.
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It begins by characterising the crimes against order people and their impact, and then describes strategies for prevention and control over thissocialphenomenon.
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Because it has evolved in this social context, pain behavior is essentially, and biologically, asocialphenomenon.
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In doing so, the author elaborates an analytic framework that informs the subsequent explication of poverty as bothsocialphenomenonand lived experience.
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Asocialphenomenonis clearly one which is perceived by at least two and usually many more actors.
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Although such cases were relatively few, conscientious objection became asocialphenomenon: it was discussed and debated; people took sides.
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As an objectively experiencedsocialphenomenon, each outcome represents a distillation of the individual subjective experiences of those participating in the trial.
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The complexity of the embodied nature of suffering in physical pain is explored, as is suffering as asocialphenomenon.
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Death is considered not just as a personal and private event but as asocialphenomenonconcerning a social entity.
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The expansion has been a remarkablesocialphenomenon.
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