public morality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpublicandmorality
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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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morality
noun
uk/məˈræl.ə.ti/us/məˈræl.ə.t̬i/
a set of personal or social standards for good or bad behaviour ...
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(Definition ofpublicandmoralityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The domain ofpublicmoralityis a wasteland.
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To be useful topublicmorality, they had to abandon the political arena.
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Protectingpublicmoralitywas still an important motivation behind the law.
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First, what ispublicmorality?
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Mortuaries appeared earlier, for related but distinct reasons involving not just public health, butpublicmoralityand public order.
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It is a matter ofpublicmorality.
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That is the state ofpublicmorality.
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Law andpublicmoralityare closely aligned.
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We would have much betterpublicmorality.
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The principal reason ispublicmorality.
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I quite understand our zeal to protectpublicmorality.
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He said there was a terrible decline inpublicmorality.
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We are undoubtedly debating what ispublicmorality.
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Then let us come to the question ofpublicmorality.
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Thirdly, that it is a general protection ofpublicmorality.
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This deterioration ofpublicmoralityhas been going on steadily.
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The voluminous press coverage of divorce cases commanded a large readership, but this very popularity had provoked anxiety about how such stories affectedpublicmorality.
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He argues that a political community is entitled to enact and enforce morality so long as it is genuinely the community'spublicmorality.
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In the eleventh century they also held punitive power which they tended to wield particularly in matters of domestic andpublicmorality.
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The newspaper had the power to reformpublicmorality, manners and customs, and like a mirror, enabled people to see themselves more clearly.
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These fraternities were entrusted with the task of keeping order in the community, especially in matters of domestic andpublicmorality.
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He maintained that these feelings indicate the boundaries ofpublicmorality, which we must not overstep if we want to keep our society viable.
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Anyhow he said that the principal reason for this ispublicmorality.
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He said that his motive was predominantly one ofpublicmorality.
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