sense of vulnerability
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseandvulnerability
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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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vulnerability
noun[U or C]
uk/ˌvʌl.nər.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌvʌl.nɚ.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the quality of being vulnerable (= able to be easily hurt, influenced, or attacked), or something that ...
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(Definition ofsenseandvulnerabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This stage creates asenseofvulnerabilityfor most patients.
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Thissenseofvulnerabilitymanifested itself in a ' crisis of canonization ', a hiatus in saint-making which lasted from 1523 until 1588.
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The findings suggest that falls and fear-of-falling might be two markers of a general 'senseofvulnerability' that increases with age.
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The centre's reminders that life is not for ever raised thesenseofvulnerabilityand the existential anxiety of growing old.
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Thesenseofvulnerabilitycaptured in these narratives represents the compromised body image people experience in illness.
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They also experienced a deepsenseofvulnerability.
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For the men on the ground, however, the experience commonly broke the boundary between life and death and between masculinity as touted by the propaganda and theirsenseofvulnerability.
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Thesenseofvulnerabilitywhich they have created throughout our society has not made for a happy society.
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Thatsenseofvulnerabilityis underscored by the fact that the elderly often suffer the most.
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The sheer frustration and anguish of farmers, theirsenseofvulnerabilityand foreboding, cannot be exaggerated.
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Even if the vehicle is relatively inexpensive, the inconvenience and thesenseofvulnerabilityengendered can be significant.
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In the context of thatsenseofvulnerability, it has developed the philosophy of a pre-emptive strike against those who may pose a threat to its security.
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The study showed that the time devoted to fundraising weakened the effectiveness of the schemes themselves and that making funding dependent on voluntary contributions generated asenseofvulnerability.
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Anxiety and depressions are the two emotions most commonly associated with cross-cultural transitions, caused by asenseofvulnerabilityand loss of control.
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Only with the appreciation of the yen after 1985, and the drop in petroleum and other raw material prices, did thissenseofvulnerabilityease.
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The photos focus on asenseofvulnerability, issues mainly of poverty, unemployment and crime.
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