political alignment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoliticalandalignment
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political
adjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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alignment
noun
uk/əˈlaɪn.mənt/us/əˈlaɪn.mənt/
an arrangement in which two or more things are positioned in a straight line or parallel to ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandalignmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thepoliticalalignmentindex is the factor score from a principal components factor analysis of the four indicators of political behaviour.
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The results were all very similar to those for thepoliticalalignmentindex.
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Nonetheless, the restoration of a stablepoliticalalignmentin the aftermath of the presidential elections robbed the student movement of much of their influence.
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As for social polarisation or integration and, by extension,politicalalignment, the market could, thus, work in either way.
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Students also profited from the temporary uncertainty of thepoliticalalignmentthat led the major presidential candidates to embrace their popular proposal.
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The results of the presidential election reestablished thepoliticalalignment, thus representing a closing of the structure of political opportunities for the student movement.
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So you can't identify a simple link between music played andpoliticalalignment.
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Despite the strong correlation between doctrine and commitment, both have statistically-significant effects on ideological identification, presidential vote choice and overallpoliticalalignmentin all three traditions.
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Second, a temporary uncertainty inpoliticalalignmentled all four major presidential candidates to embrace the student proposal.
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The paths used to compute the amount of the total effect of orthodoxy onpoliticalalignmentthat is exerted through various types of attitudes are as shown in the legend.
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Thus, the student movement benefited from a period of instability in thepoliticalalignmentthat led each candidate to seek the broadest possible support by embracing a popular student-led initiative.
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The sources and sizes of the indirect effect of religious commitment and doctrinal orthodoxy onpoliticalalignmentare in keeping with our arguments about policy and religious contexts.
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Nor can one forecast what is going to be thepoliticalalignmentof nations, nor the pattern of armaments in the years ahead.
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Nor is it an excuse to say that the boroughs which have been selected for preferential treatment themselves desire preferential treatment, whatever theirpoliticalalignment.
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It is not a question ofpoliticalalignmentbut a question of understanding and appreciating the modern world that confronts us.
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Indeed, many are the authorities where clearly the careful development of plans, with support of teachers and parents, has at no point been concerned withpoliticalalignment.
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I would hope, however, that our entirepoliticalalignmentwould not be affected by a country which is a professional neutral above all else in its attitude to world affairs.
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The state's changing demographics may well result in a change in its overallpoliticalalignment.
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It is regarded as a seminal work in the composer'spoliticalalignmentwith left-wing politics.
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Thepoliticalalignmentof its news and debate programs is left-wing.
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