popular consciousness

collocation in English

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popular
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒp.jə.lər/us
/ˈpɑː.pjə.lɚ/
liked, enjoyed, or supported by ...
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consciousness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.ʃəs.nəs/us
/ˈkɑːn.ʃəs.nəs/
the state of understanding and ...
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(Definition ofpopularandconsciousnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It would be interesting to know to what extent these systems of thought - and in what form - had seeped intopopularconsciousnessas well as into the author's.
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This is an exploration ofpopularconsciousnessand customary right in the public spaces of a modernizing city and, more particularly, the effect of speculative attempts to deny it.
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It is highly likely that thepopularconsciousnessof today has been inoculated against the phenomena of the past.
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This paradox has sunk deep into thepopularconsciousness, and has probably done more than anything else to destroy popular faith in the economic system.
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Although boat and barge owners always treasured the canals, in the generalpopularconsciousnessthe canals were perhaps not as valued as they might have been.
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However, some seabirds, particularly, the albatrosses and gulls, have broken intopopularconsciousness.
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They literally spoke the language of the masses, effectively penetratingpopularconsciousnessand shaping public opinion.
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With his youthful ardor he could not understand that the development of thepopularconsciousnessis a slow process.
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This is most frequently associated in thepopularconsciousnesswith college fraternities, fraternal orders and secret societies.
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Shukri strongly objected to the phrase but it became fixed in thepopularconsciousness.
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The concept forms a very settled part of thepopularconsciousness, but it has never become an official political division.
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This confrontation scene between a predator and its prey would inspire a huge number of imitations, establishing the two dinosaurs as mortal enemies in thepopularconsciousness.
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The latter actually govern the life of a society and, under certain conditions, can justifiably be regarded inpopularconsciousness, if not necessarily by lawyers, as law.
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