popular support
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpopularandsupport
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popular
adjective
uk/ˈpɒp.jə.lər/us/ˈpɑː.pjə.lɚ/
liked, enjoyed, or supported by ...
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support
noun
uk/səˈpɔːt/us/səˈpɔːrt/
agreement with and encouragement for an idea, group, ...
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Examplesofpopular support
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They could not count on the same degree ofpopularsupportfollowing any decision to start an armed struggle for power.
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The socialist government that ascended to political power did not musterpopularsupportamong supranational bodies, which have a strong influence on international donor funding.
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The institutions, once adopted, can persist when broad and deeppopularsupportfor democratic institutions is present.
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First, by offering federal responses to these issues of great public concern, the federal government may gainpopularsupport.
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As predicted, leaders who call elections early, relative to expectations, experience a decline in theirpopularsupportrelative to pre-announcement levels.
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Likewise, new structures ofpopularsupporthave to be defended, or abandoned.
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Popularsupportfor a return to multi-partyism, however, was transparent.
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This suggests a potential wellspring ofpopularsupportfor presidents' populist attacks on the state.
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The success of promoters in securing state-level majorities is further evidence of strongpopularsupportfor public spending on improvements.
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Conservative intellectuals acted, though, as if their ace in the hole-the argument most likely to swaypopularsupportfor reducing progressivity-was the economic one.
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Moreover, there is a long tradition of populist or technocratic presidential contenders who, despite losing, attracted substantialpopularsupport.
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The promoters claimedpopularsupportfor their scheme, referring to a letter in the newspaper the previous year.
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Undeterred, he shepherded his flock and gradually built up a base ofpopularsupportthrough a display of leadership, toughness and humour.
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For much of the 1930s, in fact, many reports from the provinces underline the lack ofpopularsupportfor the regime.
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Guerrilla groups vary in whether they encouragepopularsupportat all and, if they do, how actively they invite civilian participation.
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Quelling idealist inspired onslaughts, it helped the poor law to appear less manipulative than the radically reformist options and secure a degree ofpopularsupport.
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The only limit to this federal drive to self-aggrandizement appears when the expansion of federal competences threatens to decrease the government'spopularsupport.
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Some proclaim their devotion topopularsupportbut control mobilisation, even coercing civilian involvement.
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It should also be noted that communism was sufficiently 'historical' to attract at first substantialpopularsupport.
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