personal conviction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpersonalandconviction
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personal
adjective
uk/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/us/ˈpɝː.sən.əl/
relating or belonging to a single or particular person rather than to a group or ...
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conviction
noun
uk/kənˈvɪk.ʃən/us/kənˈvɪk.ʃən/
the fact of officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime, or the act of officially finding ...
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(Definition ofpersonalandconvictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Personalconvictionon its own is useless, yet within the politics of poststructuralism this is all we can call on.
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Science is no longer portrayed as political action; instead political action is now regarded primarily as a consequence ofpersonalconviction(p. 174, cited above).
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When one performs an illocutionary act that entails an expressive, one expresses one'spersonalconviction, intention or attitude towards a certain state of affairs, person or utterance.
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In effect, we treat the latter set of orientations as sociotropic - as attitudes that, by taking into account collective conditions, may be only loosely related topersonalconviction.
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Chandler's point was that, regardless ofpersonalconviction, it was impossible to trust conciliar decisions because they clearly could not agree and kept changing their minds.
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Hispersonalconvictionabout the increased reliance on private health insurance—was that also an error?
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Good management and environmental consciousness are part of a frame of mind fashioned by economic necessity andpersonalconviction, not something procured by administrative diktat.
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The second provision is the one in this subsection on non-membership for a reason of conscience or a deeply-heldpersonalconviction.
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Let me conclude by sharing with you apersonalconviction.
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Moreover, it is mypersonalconvictionthat our human dignity bids us accept our responsibility for animals.
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I think that much the same considerations apply to "deeply heldpersonalconviction".
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Conscience is essentially a matter ofpersonalconviction.
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This clause has nothing to do with "deeply-heldpersonalconviction".
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Do not go about it by putting in phrases about deeply-heldpersonalconvictionwhich are difficult to interpret in court.
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My reaching this point ofpersonalconvictionhas come slowly and with some inner wrestling.
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I have apersonalconvictionabout this matter which makes me glad to bring it up.
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There is also reference in the code to this question of deeply heldpersonalconviction.
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In the end, it will be a matter ofpersonalconvictionand conscience.
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We are suggesting that the deeply heldpersonalconvictionescape hatch is there, in a way, by almost an accident.
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I beg to move, as an amendment to the proposed amendment, to leave out "conscience"and insert"deeply heldpersonalconviction".
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