social chaos

collocation in English

meaningsofsocialandchaos

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social
adjective
uk
/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/us
/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are ...
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chaos
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkeɪ.ɒs/us
/ˈkeɪ.ɑːs/
a state of total confusion with ...
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(Definition ofsocialandchaosfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Without a legitimate, proper national language to maintain a sense of community and communal truth, the polyvocality of the nation descends into a state of gibberish andsocialchaos.
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Disunity and diversity were seen as promoting mental illness, crime, andsocialchaos.
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If the party opposite errs in making that judgement, the result will be economic andsocialchaos.
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If we do not stock the coal, we will have to close the mines, and if we close the mines we will causesocialchaos.
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Look at the cost in social terms, in terms of disruption, of thesocialchaoscaused to the families concerned.
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Discipline is an unpopular word, and it is hard for the student to see that the absence of it leads to personal andsocialchaos.
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If we try to create a risk-free society, we shall createsocialchaos.
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I could not think of a surer recipe forsocialchaos.
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They have preventedsocialchaosin years past.
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Our fathers have failed us in two vital ways, and have brought about greatsocialchaosin some quarters which we have to face to-day.
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The consequences must manifest themselves in street revolt andsocialchaos.
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A consistent thread through many of the cases was a background ofsocialchaos, often coupled with abject poverty.
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Ifsocialchaosis to be avoided, further attempts at planning must be introduced.
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It would lead tosocialchaos.
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It would createsocialchaosthere.
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He warned thatsocialchaosusually leads to despotism.
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When that constant increase ends, the ensuingsocialchaoswill invite the rise of a successor civilisation.
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If dharma is ignored, artha and kama - profit and pleasure respectively - lead tosocialchaos.
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A depression would then follow and as it came on top of extreme inequality it would quickly bringsocialchaosand revolt.
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Veto power was linked to the right of secession; with secession came the threat of anarchy andsocialchaos.
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