political strife
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoliticalandstrife
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political
adjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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strife
noun[U]
uk/straɪf/us/straɪf/
violent or ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandstrifefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Instead, it probably entered a feedback relationship with established agricultural systems and growingpoliticalstrifeshown in war fare.
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From 1826 taxes were paid in paper money, and their collection was extremely inefficient given the contemporary administrative disorder andpoliticalstrife.
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Daily operations within the factories suffered further from thepoliticalstrifecaused by interventors who saw themselves as representatives of their party.
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In the mid-1930s when international crisis led to military confrontation between nations, nationalpoliticalstrifeaffected the personal relationship of foreign students.
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It would immediately bring him into the heated vortex ofpoliticalstrife.
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A continuation of this will lead to more and morepoliticalstrifeand to war unless we plan to avoid it.
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It is very difficult, amid thepoliticalstrife, to assess the feelings of the people of all races.
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What we are lacking because of thepoliticalstrifeis a sizeable amount of private capital being provided for the building of houses to rent.
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Unless substantial outside help is given, the standard of living must inevitably decline, andpoliticalstrifeand human impoverishment will follow in its wake.
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His long life was, from almost the beginning to almost the end, spent inpoliticalstrifeand controversy.
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I am disappointed that criticism andpoliticalstrifeis creeping back again into the industry.
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There was no talk then of a cessation ofpoliticalstrife.
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I can see no justification for pensions becoming the subject ofpoliticalstrife.
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Merely to reverse that policy is to invite furtherpoliticalstrifeabout this matter.
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A high rate of voluntary registration arises frompoliticalstrife.
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We thought that the danger that industrial unrest might followpoliticalstrifewas a very real one.
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A larger number of conflict areas is the result of civil wars, destabilising minorities or internalpoliticalstrifeamong leaderships.
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We are entering a period when there may be lesspoliticalstrifeand bickering than in the past 12 months.
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