separate sphere

collocation in English

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separate
adjective
uk
/ˈsep.ər.ət/
us
/ˈsep.ɚ.ət/
existing or happening independently or in a different ...
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sphere
noun[C]
uk
/sfɪər/
us
/sfɪr/
an object shaped like a ...
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(Definition ofseparateandspherefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofseparate sphere

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He has not authorized the state to play a role in this, and has rather limited its sovereignty to aseparatesphereof human activity.
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Zaman recognises, however, the ambiguity and paradoxes of the ulama's role in the construction of 'religion' as aseparatesphereof life distinct from the state.
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One question, therefore, is whether we will be able to justify something called social science in the twenty-first century as aseparatesphereof knowledge.
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They were taking more and more control of theirseparatesphereof the home, which they transformed into a comfortable retreat from the vicissitudes of a competitive masculine business world.
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Some of these egalitarians might be drawn to the view that there are separate spheres of egalitarian justice.
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Social conventions, lack of political power, and the dominant ideology of ' separate spheres ' limited their opportunities.
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Men and women were equal, but in separate spheres.
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If cosmetics cause the decline of separate spheres, then, miraculously, cosmetics will also recreate these spheres.
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The ideology of separate spheres breaks down when the home can no longer symbolize a refuge from the public world.
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Indeed, the role of women is a focus in this book, and the author challenges the received wisdom of 'separate spheres'.
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In 1914-15 war reestablished the notion of separate spheres for the two sexes.
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Like men and women, professional and amateur music-making did not flourish in totally separate spheres.
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Some historians, especially literary historians, have mistakenly lumped this theory in with the "separate spheres" ideology that emerges in the early nineteenth century.
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For some women, separate spheres were firmly enforced in that most ' ' public ' ' of places, the field hospital.
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Once the separate spheres had been scrutinized, our perception of the relationship between rituals, economy and culture remained a key objective of research.
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In other words, an analysis of informal institutions shows the artificiality of separating economy and culture into two distinct and separate spheres.
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It would seem as if art and politics are separate spheres working according to different principles.
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An underlying coalition around the existence of separate spheres for men and women was, however, not in dispute.
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