social protest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsocialandprotest
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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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protest
noun
uk/ˈprəʊ.test/us/ˈproʊ.test/
a strong complaint expressing disagreement, disapproval, ...
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(Definition ofsocialandprotestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsocial protest
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But thuggee was a type of banditry entirely devoid of any trace ofsocialprotest.
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The specific timing of full-blown military authoritarianism was linked tosocialprotestand class-based mobilisation against the institutions of radical liberalism.
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The bandits are recast as reacting against elite suppression, their acts expressingsocialprotestreflecting the sentiments of the poor.
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The reality is that this co-existence and interdependence of various dimensions and currents of mass movement stimulated the dynamics ofsocialprotest.
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In the 1960s, political andsocialprotestmovements were burgeoning across the world, and political culture began to express itself in the streets.
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The two cases show how different factors can lead to different forms ofsocialprotest.
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However, several episodes in 1809 tilt brigandage solidly in the direction ofsocialprotest.
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Such measures were being stepped up even before the democratic opening as the state sought to pre-emptsocialprotestby acknowledging the problem of relative inequality.
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On the one hand, the language of rights acts as a banner for social mobilization and as a common currency ofsocialprotest.
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We want live wires—people who are full of indignation and who believe insocialprotest.
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What follows is not only huge social undermining, but hugesocialprotest.
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I think it is well-known that every movement ofsocialprotestattracts the worst as well as the best in a society.
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These groups tend more and more towards inequality; towards the restriction of social rights and liberties and the muffling ofsocialprotest.
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At the same time, difficult access to food, extreme poverty andsocialprotestare increasingly alarming issues.
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In modern times, nonviolent methods of action have been a powerful tool forsocialprotestand revolutionary social and political change.
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The album was also heavy onsocialprotestthemes.
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