pervasive sense

collocation in English

meaningsofpervasiveandsense

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pervasive
adjective
uk
/pəˈveɪ.sɪv/us
/pɚˈveɪ.sɪv/
present or noticeable in every part of a thing ...
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sense
noun
uk
/sens/us
/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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(Definition ofpervasiveandsensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpervasive sense

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There is thepervasivesense, as in the abstract art of the same period, of a leap into the void.
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To explain this great transformation, one needs to investigate the conditions that led to such apervasivesenseof mistrust in the role of local political networks and hierarchies.
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They generally house some of the poorest members of society in apervasivesenseof isolation and insecurity.
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There is a strong andpervasivesensethat it is morally unacceptable for educational success for the privileged few to be bought at the expense of the many.
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These narratives focus on human actors, with only occasional intervention from deities but apervasivesenseof divinely ordered destiny.
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This remote, working class, tourist-town has apervasivesenseof rootlessness and movement.
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Sarkar firmly believed that real education leads to apervasivesenseof love and compassion for all creation.
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Apervasivesenseof humor and occasion characterizes many club activities.
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The psychological profile of victimisation includes apervasivesenseof helplessness, passivity, loss of control, pessimism, negative thinking, strong feelings of guilt, shame, self-blame and depression.
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The psychological profile of victimization includes apervasivesenseof helplessness, passivity, loss of control, pessimism, negative thinking, strong feelings of guilt, shame, remorse, self-blame and depression.
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The zero-sum metaphysical assumptions maintained throughout the narrative foment apervasivesenseof competition that prompt egocentric feelings of vanity and jealousy, which together predicate violence and destruction.
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