political spectrum
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoliticalandspectrum
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political
adjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
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spectrum
noun[C]
uk/ˈspek.trəm/us/ˈspek.trəm/
the set of colours into which a beam of light can be separated, or a range of waves, such as light waves or ...
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This revitalized anti tax fervor reverberated across thepoliticalspectrum, making politicians afraid to advocate new taxes.
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The opponents of a legislative approach to alleviating social problems, then, could be found on all sides of thepoliticalspectrum.
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It is perhaps unsurprising, then, that their locus on thepoliticalspectrumwas so hotly contested.
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Rather, perceptions of nationalism vary according to gender and class, and to one's position on thepoliticalspectrum.
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It caused an irreversible fracture among students, and preserved the traditional divisions within thepoliticalspectrum.
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The ' gender gap ' is not usually very large (although it increases at both ends of thepoliticalspectrum), but it is persistent.
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In recent years this system of government involvement has come under attack from both the left and right sides of thepoliticalspectrum.
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Yet, elite views on both the left and the right of thepoliticalspectrumhave shifted markedly.
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Obviously, different views on thepoliticalspectrumcan take different stances on these questions.
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Lacking a clear programme or ideological position, the convention brought together disparate groups from varying ends of the left-of-centrepoliticalspectrum.
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Most of these pre-war commentators (from across the whole of thepoliticalspectrum) could not, of course, have foreseen the horrors to come.
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Writers spanning thepoliticalspectrumexplored ideas of racial purity, degeneration, and regeneration.
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These developments, followed by the narrowing of thepoliticalspectrumin the 1990s, remain complex and unresolved problems.
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This is shown too by dissenting voices from the opposite end of thepoliticalspectrum.
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Sympathizers from almost the entirepoliticalspectrumhad called to express their support.
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Analyzing which newspapers adopt these viewpoints is one way to measure where they are located on thepoliticalspectrum.
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Independent papers could draw readers from across thepoliticalspectrum.
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In fact, the relationship between religion and politics became a pressing issue to theorists across thepoliticalspectrum.
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In the new nation-state, the labourer occupied a place on thepoliticalspectrumat the opposite end from the landholder.
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By the 1960s, on some parts of thepoliticalspectrum, particular interests would need to be rethought in their relation to the whole.
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