source of discontent
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsourceanddiscontent
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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discontent
noun[U]
uk/ˌdɪs.kənˈtent/us/ˌdɪs.kənˈtent/
a feeling of wanting better treatment or an ...
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(Definition ofsourceanddiscontentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This had long been asourceofdiscontentamong the local population.
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Will he do something about thatsourceofdiscontent?
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That is a possiblesourceofdiscontent—though far be it from me to exploit that in any way.
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Presumably this will obviate asourceofdiscontentwhich has existed in the past as indicated in the question?
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It then inevitably becomes a mockery and asourceofdiscontent.
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This has constituted in the past a majorsourceofdiscontenton the part of the minority.
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I know from personal experience that that is a gravesourceofdiscontent.
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The use of subcontractors has been asourceofdiscontentin the shipyard for a long time.
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Clearly, it has been asourceofdiscontentwithin the teaching profession that they have not had negotiating machinery.
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The thirdsourceofdiscontentis the mechanism for implementing the limit which lies at the heart of the legislation.
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First, such an increase would remove a majorsourceofdiscontentwithin prisons.
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The point of principle cannot be stressed too often because it is the mainsourceofdiscontentwith the tax, stretching across all parties.
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The other rather deepsourceofdiscontentseems to be at the other end of the profession, among the more highly-qualified secondary school staffs.
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Already this has been asourceofdiscontent.
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Different terms of service created some problems and have become asourceofdiscontent.
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There is onesourceofdiscontentwe should all allay if we put our minds to it—that is the discontent among the discharged men, who feel they have a grievance.
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It will become asourceofdiscontent.
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Rent allowances also crop up as asourceofdiscontent.
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The discrepancies and gaps between primary and secondary phases, between different schools in an authority's area and between different education authorities have been a justifiablesourceofdiscontent.
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In this, perhaps, lies the greatestsourceofdiscontent, because there are grave anomalies and numberless instances of chronic variations between one class of pensioner and another.
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