political unity

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliticalandunity

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political
adjective
uk
/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us
/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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unity
noun[U]
uk
/ˈjuː.nə.ti/us
/ˈjuː.nə.t̬i/
the state of being joined together or ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Traditionally, states have been cautious with regard to this demand, as it has been considered a threat to thepoliticalunityand territorial integrity of the state.
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They also claimed that cultural unity should lead to apoliticalunity, which + save for a short medieval exception + had never existed.
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The domestic repression of the late 1930s therefore was not only a product of wartime requirements for nationalpoliticalunity.
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A doer of evil was one who violated the social taboos and thepoliticalunityof the society.
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Political organs were variant expressions of a commonpoliticalunity, appropriate to tasks and problems of different kinds.
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The task of this streamlined state was to constitute and protect thepoliticalunityof the nation.
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Historicism is less concerned with the existence of an ideal ofpoliticalunitythan with what kind of unity was presupposed.
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The achievement of the maximum possible amount ofpoliticalunitywithin it is indispensable.
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Europeanpoliticalunitywas among the subjects we discussed.
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That is the one thing necessary at this stage to restore and maintainpoliticalunity.
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There waspoliticalunity, monetary unity and economic unity.
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The one which does aim to become apoliticalunityis not succeeding.
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Those are valid fears, becausepoliticalunityis no vague possibility.
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Where suchpoliticalunitydoes not exist, complete integration is no longer possible.
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Have we as yet securedpoliticalunityfor a common purpose?
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Already far more progress has been made towards thispoliticalunitythan many will have noticed.
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We cannot measure thepoliticalunityby the form of an institution.
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Surely, withpoliticalunitymust go economic unity.
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Every move forward to greaterpoliticalunityis a crisis in our politics.
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