political chaos
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoliticalandchaos
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political
adjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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chaos
noun[U]
uk/ˈkeɪ.ɒs/us/ˈkeɪ.ɑːs/
a state of total confusion with ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandchaosfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They gravely underestimated the damage done to governmental institutions, banks and private firms by the economic andpoliticalchaosof 1976-83.
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However, most of these changes were brought about by force, established by decree amidst muchpoliticalchaos, bitterness and division.
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They only came down hard at intervals when they felt thatpoliticalchaoswas at hand.
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But their perception of what constitutedpoliticalchaosis not always readily intelligible.
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He revealed a measure of complacency in the face of economic collapse andpoliticalchaos.
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The danger is that political organisation will collapse, and the alternative to political organisation ispoliticalchaos.
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It is the minimum necessary to save us from economic ruin andpoliticalchaos.
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I think that the aim must be to find the basis upon which we can stop the disastrous slide into industrial andpoliticalchaos.
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In the spending of the money consideration should be given to ordinary people who have suffered tremendous loss because of thepoliticalchaos.
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There would certainly have been a degree ofpoliticalchaosand a lack of cohesion, which would have been sad.
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Potentialpoliticalchaosin any one of the defaulting countries is still a possibility.
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It has not progressed materially, and it is in a state ofpoliticalchaos.
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However, it is depressing that the country is still mired in domestic andpoliticalchaos.
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Think of the stinking mess ofpoliticalchaosand corruption that would confront us.
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Thepoliticalchaosis as great as ever, but after spending a little time in this place one gets used to that.
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From what was basically political stability, camepoliticalchaosand a breakdown in the economy.
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The enormous danger ofpoliticalchaos, which will wreck this new organisation which we are discussing to-day as well as very much else, can still be averted.
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There is to be no revolution, there is to be no fear of any revolution, but there is to be, unless we are careful,politicalchaosand commercial confusion.
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I am clear myself that such a loose economic organisation would prove unworkable and would break down in apoliticalchaosworse than the present state of affairs.
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The coup was largely welcomed by a general populace exhausted bypoliticalchaos.
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