legitimate aspiration

collocation in English

meaningsoflegitimateandaspiration

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legitimate
adjective
uk
/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/us
/ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/
allowed ...
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aspiration
noun
uk
/ˌæs.pɪˈreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌæs.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
something that you hope ...
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(Definition oflegitimateandaspirationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is alegitimateaspirationand a reasonable ambition for him to hold.
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Here is alegitimateaspirationof a community which desires enhanced dignity a perfectly natural ambition under our present system of local government.
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Surely this is a perfectly natural andlegitimateaspiration?
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Full employment is thelegitimateaspirationof our people.
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I see no objection to this perfectlylegitimateaspiration.
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Our group rejects the strictly economical approach to social protection, which aims to commercialize everyone'slegitimateaspirationof security, and to turn it into goods.
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It wants to subject it to democratic scrutiny, and that is alegitimateaspiration.
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One would have thought that thatlegitimateaspirationwould have been encouraged.
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There is alegitimateaspirationon the part of developing countries to have their own shipping lines.
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Of course, there is a natural partnership between these people and the wish to bridge their political gulfs is alegitimateaspiration.
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That is alegitimateaspiration.
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That is a perfectlylegitimateaspiration.
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It is so scandalous that some distinguished candidates have given up their legitimate aspirations, ashamed of the horse-trading that the negotiations on appointments have become.
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It is a strategicblocmeant to prolong colonial domination and to frustrate the legitimate aspirations of the people of the region.
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That is the trait which runs through the failure of all the federalist states—the failure to allow people their natural and legitimate aspirations.
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Furthermore, landlords frequently refuse to accept the legitimate aspirations of the tenants in regard to consultation, information and things of that nature.
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We must explore exactly what that means and whether it will meet the legitimate aspirations of the electorate.
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In the war against terror, the international community cannot continue to ignore legitimate aspirations.
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If they will do anything, they will help to frustrate the legitimate aspirations of our two nations for greater control of our own affairs.
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If we deny the people the achievement of their legitimate aspirations, we risk unleashing forces which it will be difficult to control.
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