social ramifications

collocation in English

meaningsofsocialandramification

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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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ramification
noun[C usually plural]
uk
/ˌræm.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃənz/us
/ˌræm.ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃənz/
the possible results of ...
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(Definition ofsocialandramificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Asocialramificationof the introduction of the alphabet was the creation of social distinctions within society.
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The fact that the alphabet introduced the idea that a persons writing could live on long after they died was anothersocialramificationof the alphabet.
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But, as a question of value, what are the ethical and social ramifications of this healthcare trek?
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Similarly, it was felt that the religious leaders should fully understand the nature of the disease and any possible social ramifications.
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Producers must also consider the social ramifications of their decisions, not only for their own economic well-being but also on society as a whole.
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Moral quandaries were also framed in terms of their social ramifications.
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The social ramifications of children's musical creations are relatively unexplored - how children create with different partners may tell us much about their lives.
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Thousands of jobs are on the line and ‘change’ of this kind has enormous economic and social ramifications.
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It has important social ramifications for the country.
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But in general one feels that this is a down-grading of the importance and the social ramifications of the whole family unit.
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We believe it is critical to sort out pensions on divorce urgently because of the social ramifications.
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The film then leads us to normalcy or the social ramifications the last twenty years of devastation brought to the valley.
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Soon the political, religious and social ramifications began to emerge.
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This book explores the historical development of the telegraph and the social ramifications associated with this development.
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Austrians seek to understand the observed economy by examining the social ramifications of such individual choice.
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In addition to its sacred characteristics, "ase" also has important social ramifications, reflected in its translation as power, authority, command.
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