political establishment

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliticalandestablishment

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political
adjective
uk
/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/
us
/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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establishment
noun
uk
/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/
us
/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/
a business or other organization, or the place where an ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandestablishmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpolitical establishment

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In some countries, the radical right even managed to become part of thepoliticalestablishment.
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Thepoliticalestablishmentgrew nervous and resorted to dirty tricks.
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This adverse situation only increased the resentment of the maverick president against thepoliticalestablishment.
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The news, initially widely disbelieved, sent shock waves through the human rights community, as well as through the media and thepoliticalestablishment.
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It was a development that left thepoliticalestablishmentthunderstruck.
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A second interpretation this article challenges is that the earthquake united thepoliticalestablishmenteven temporarily.
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Yet their permanence, openness, and frequency were a clear challenge to the pre-1866politicalestablishment.
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Thepoliticalestablishmentadded to the pressure by publicly praising the institute.
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Should an aging movement become part of thepoliticalestablishment, however, it is likely to view partisan insurgents with alarm as threats to both its power and its values.
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Powerful political machines using tried and true campaign techniques were repeatedly defeated by novices whose primary attraction was that they were not part of thepoliticalestablishment.
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Mbadinuju desperately needed popular support, since he had broken with large parts of thepoliticalestablishment.
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This wall is between the professional politicians of thepoliticalestablishmentand the people.
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Thepoliticalestablishmentnow has to be careful that the cure is not worse than the disease.
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My constituents—thepoliticalestablishmentmay sneer at them for this—still write me dozens of letters about capital and corporal punishment.
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I believe that the greening of ourpoliticalestablishmentis something that we all welcome.
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Let us not give them further cause to doubt thepoliticalestablishment.
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I am concentrating on the things that matter to our society, to ourpoliticalestablishmentand to the nature of democracy.
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I believe that there is a need for the whole of thepoliticalestablishment, among others, to become involved in the deep green background.
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Thepoliticalestablishmentin that country has dismally failed its people, particularly the youth.
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