political reality

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliticalandreality

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political
adjective
uk
/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/
us
/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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reality
noun
uk
/riˈæl.ə.ti/
us
/riˈæl.ə.t̬i/
the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandrealityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpolitical reality

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His study demonstrated that civil society activism had been largely ignored in the academic world, but was an importantpoliticalreality.
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Whether this should be seen as a function of a sector's economic needs or thepoliticalrealityof patronage is harder to decide.
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Indeed, without such a historical backdrop, the presentpoliticalrealityis incomprehensible.
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How can we reconcile this bifurcation between political science andpoliticalreality?
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How could this wish translate intopoliticalreality?
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This kind of avant-garde work actively seeks involvement inpoliticalreality.
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It reconfigures the cantata not simply as a chronicle of aristocratic life, but as a vehicle for direct communication steeped inpoliticalreality.
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This is not to imply that all individuals hold the same preferences on public policy and share the same patterns of interpretingpoliticalreality.
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On this point,politicalrealityhas proved him wrong.
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My books have explored the mentality of members of three groups and their responses topoliticalreality.
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Music educators, increasingly aware of thepoliticalreality, would do well to continue to articulate the value and complementary nature of both rationales.
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There were contradictions, of course, between the liberal project andpoliticalreality.
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In sum, the analysis of voting behaviour may be important for some purposes, but it can sometimes miss the largerpoliticalreality.
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This acted as a move to pursue political freedom and/or to foresee thepoliticalrealityof the 1997 handover.
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These inspired projects were severely curtailed bypoliticalreality.
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In an effort to prevent controversy, the administration quietly acquiesced in the newpoliticalreality.
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Politicalreality, however, stood in his way.
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