societal pressure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsocietalandpressure
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societal
adjective[before noun]
uk/səˈsaɪ.ə.təl/us/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬əl/
relating to or ...
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pressure
noun
uk/ˈpreʃ.ər/us/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/
the force you produce when you ...
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Nowhere has thatsocietalpressurebeen more evident than in the phenomenon of intifadat al-khubz (bread uprisings).
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The approach refers to the structure of society regarding polarisation, the strength of social organisation and the degree to whichsocietalpressurecan be mobilised.
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So, the missing link between public opinion and policy-making can be explained by the relatively strong centralisation of decisionmaking, combined with the extremely limitedsocietalpressurefor influencing decisions.
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Additionally,societalpressureto marry young can conflict with attaining a university education.
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Societalpressureand intimidation continued to restrict the use of the country's three churches to non-citizens.
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Because aversive racism is neither conscious nor blatantly apparent to others, it is able to survive largely unchallenged bysocietalpressurefor egalitarianism.
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When people reach middle age, they tend to follow societal norms more because that is when thesocietalpressureto conform is greatest.
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There is strongsocietalpressureat the village and local level to participate in church services and other activities, and financially support church leaders and projects.
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There was littlesocietalpressureto enforce it, and the courts were so backlogged it was difficult, if not impossible, to get redress through the courts.
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