popular discontent

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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discontent
noun[U]
uk
/ˌdɪs.kənˈtent/us
/ˌdɪs.kənˈtent/
a feeling of wanting better treatment or an ...
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In the same way, a reduction in levels ofpopulardiscontentwould have meant that revolutionary syndicalism found less fertile terrain for agitation.
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It is unsurprising, therefore, that historians have tended to link these events with earlier demonstrations ofpopulardiscontent.
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Whilepopulardiscontenteroded the social base of the regime and sapped the morale of its troops, it nurtured the rebels.
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Over the mid- to late 1900s, officials in the southern coastal districts reported on multiple rural crises and movements ofpopulardiscontent.
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On the basis of new material now available, this article suggests that there was far morepopulardiscontentthan previously supposed.
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The authorities fannedpopulardiscontentby cracking down on opposition rallies and issuing stern warnings to the media.
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There is also evidence to suggest thatpopulardiscontentwith the post-war era enabled those on the left to extend their political influence beyond the workplace.
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The socialists could not ignore increasingpopulardiscontentand the growing casualty-prone strike activity, their own loss of membership, and the re-emergence of a competing anarcho-syndicalist movement.
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Yet democracy is the safety valve ofpopulardiscontent.
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It could do that, and thereby obscure its own right to delay by cashing in onpopulardiscontent.
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What a match-board protection against the rising floods ofpopulardiscontent!
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It is the safety valve ofpopulardiscontentand that is why it would not happen.
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The voice ofpopulardiscontenthas grown louder and louder in recent months and years.
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Populardiscontentis directed at both the regime and the outside world which is regarded as compounding the suffering with indiscriminate sanctions.
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Populardiscontentwas brewing over unfair wealth distribution.
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Reform also had a record of inspiringpopulardiscontent.
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Despite the bill's failure, the movement proved to be a catalyst for various opposition forces and a voice forpopulardiscontent.
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However, givenpopulardiscontentthe new government chose not to pursue domestic water charges.
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Local governors, or "basqaqs", were responsible for levying taxes and dealing withpopulardiscontent.
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