spirit of inquiry

collocation in English

meaningsofspiritandinquiry

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spirit
noun
uk
/ˈspɪr.ɪt/us
/ˈspɪr.ət/
a particular way of thinking, feeling, or behaving, especially a way that is typical of a particular group of people, an activity, a time, or ...
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inquiry
noun
uk
/ɪnˈkwaɪə.ri/us
/ˈɪŋ.kwɚ.i/
(the process of asking) ...
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(Definition ofspiritandinquiryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspirit of inquiry

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It is a fascinating tribute to the relentlessspiritofinquiryof the founding father of the computer.
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Historians who continued to write in an unembattledspiritofinquirywere thus perpetually, though innocently, liable to subvert the entire 'whig' historiography, by continuing to repeat these unmistakable facts.
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Tomas questioned in thespiritofinquiry, never with a sense of malice.
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I rise more in thespiritofinquirythan anything else.
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I am glad that thatspiritofinquiryis spreading on the benches opposite.
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We have imposed on them a definition beyond thespiritofinquirywhich is inherent in the modern generation.
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I moved them then very much in aspiritofinquiry.
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I put it in no hostile or critical spirit, but purely in aspiritofinquiry.
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Small children still point but hopefully in aspiritofinquiry.
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I rise at this moment in thespiritofinquiry.
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I ask that in a genuinespiritofinquiry.
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I am genuinely asking in aspiritofinquiry.
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It is not prejudice that motivates me, but aspiritofinquiryand the need to know what we are talking about.
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In aspiritofinquiry, they produced a report for public consumption.
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The amendment was moved at this time of night in thespiritofinquiry.
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I enter these debates in aspiritofinquiryand open-mindedness, and not in the spirit of daft politicking.
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I say this in aspiritofinquiryand not just of criticism.
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My amendment was tabled in aspiritofinquiry.
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I come to it in aspiritofinquiry.
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