public discussion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpublicanddiscussion
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public
adjective
uk/ˈpʌb.lɪk/us/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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discussion
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/us/dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/
the activity in which people talk about something and tell each other their ideas ...
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Nor did these smaller improvement societies stop withpublicdiscussion.
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There has been littlepublicdiscussionabout these issues.
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Second, attempts to limitpublicdiscussionwere by definition counterenlightened.
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At present, there is very littlepublicdiscussionof such matters.
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Publicdiscussionand a discussion of principle by the cabinet were avoided.
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There is nopublicdiscussionon early detection of prostate cancer.
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Participation inpublicdiscussionwas said to make citizens more reasonable.
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The practice ofpublicdiscussionand the ideal of civic engagement are apparently mutually reinforcing.
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The old system had helped to insulate politicians and bureaucrats frompublicdiscussionand influence.
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Similarly, individual autonomy has no significant impact on the amount ofpublicdiscussion.
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Take, for example, a significant correlation that linkspublicdiscussionwith voting.
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Frequent private discussion appears to be a necessary precondition forpublicdiscussion.
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Drawing more working-class men intopublicdiscussionbecame a major preoccupation.
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Citizens in both countries engage in far lesspublicdiscussionthan democratic theory deems desirable.
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It is not particularly surprising that, today,publicdiscussionon the war years remains emotional and acrimonious.
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But what does this tell us aboutpublicdiscussionamong ordinary citizens as a mechanism for improving citizenship and democracy?
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There is ongoingpublicdiscussionabout centralizing the healthcare system to make it more efficient and to enforce structural reforms.
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Casual political talk andpublicdiscussionamong citizens is an important democratic feature of contemporary liberal states.
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The group discussions corroborate previous insights by attesting that conflict inpublicdiscussionis generally latent and often repressed.
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Publicdiscussion, then, is a setting in which people may learn both civic skills and political engagement.
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Lastly, we briefly examine the complex influence of political competence on the way conflict is expressed inpublicdiscussion.
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Secondly, we address the question of the quite complex relationship between political competence and politicization inpublicdiscussion.
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Thus, context matters:publicdiscussionis pursued in different settings in different communities and in different countries.
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Moreover, political tolerance is systematically reduced by community identity, which, as we saw above, is apparently strengthened bypublicdiscussion.
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