loss of faith
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflossandfaith
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loss
noun
uk/lɒs/us/lɑːs/
the fact that you no longer have something or have less ...
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faith
noun
uk/feɪθ/us/feɪθ/
great trust or confidence in something ...
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(Definition oflossandfaithfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The results of thislossoffaithare everywhere to be seen.
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The rising cost of health care was the major cause oflossoffaithin the model.
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Other psychological consequences of false negatives may include the feeling that one has been wrongly treated, leading tolossoffaithin the medical profession.
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Postmodernism is supposed to imply alossoffaithin grand narratives : but in fact there has been a wonderful proliferation of them.
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Thelossoffaithoccasioned by science and secularisation threatens a loss of sure foundations.
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Among radicals, a similarlossoffaithin their socialist project resulted in de-prioritising social change in favour of the small-scale.
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There were also recordings of thelossoffaith.
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Today there is a generallossoffaithin institutions, and there is certainly alossoffaithin the political process.
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There is no doubt that there is alossoffaithin the government.
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There will be alossoffaithin the political system and in the political parties.
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There is often alossoffaithin the process.
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Thelossoffaithin institutions lies at the heart of our general anxiety about the levels of crime that we now suffer.
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That is causing a greatlossoffaithin our policing and legal system.
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Politics is characterised by alossoffaith.
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They show alossoffaith.
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This was as much due to nervousness about their own position as to alossoffaithin sterling.
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There is alossoffaithamong too many members of the public in the monetary system as such.
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I do not think that people realise the depth of bitterness that is felt, or thelossoffaithin us that it caused.
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I cannot help feeling that the real reason for the failure of negotiations is alossoffaithon both sides.
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There is nolossoffaithhere.
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