stable society

collocation in English

meaningsofstableandsociety

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stable
adjective
uk
/ˈsteɪ.bəl/us
/ˈsteɪ.bəl/
firmly fixed or not likely to move ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofstableandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theorising about old age tends to assume astablesocietyas a background to change.
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Never has such astablesocietybeen so repeatedly warned that it faces complete social collapse.
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As elements in a conversation, they entertained, and in entertaining they exemplified a polite way of learning that could underpin a morestablesociety.
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Justice in this regard was not simply that process or institution which does right for those who have been wronged, but one that ensures astablesociety.
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Simple majority rule, as in the past, would leave the minority in perpetual opposition and would not bring about astablesociety.
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For many years the major political parties supported marriage as the essential building block of astablesociety.
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Simple majority rule, as in the past, would leave the minority in perpetual opposition and would not in practice lead to astablesociety.
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Therefore, in order to maintain a peaceful andstablesocietythe issue of growing disparity in earnings must be addressed.
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In our society the introduction of child benefit and maternity grant is to help astablesocietyand it has, indeed, proved helpful.
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We delude ourselves if we think that astablesocietycan be built on such foundations.
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This is a country which once had a notablystablesociety, a successful industrial economy and an unrivalled set of international connections throughout the world.
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This country's success over 300 years has been to create a progressively morestablesocietyin which freedom has grown from generation to generation.
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Together they have created a prosperous, healthy andstablesocietyon a barren rock with no natural resources other than themselves, the country's people.
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Older people share with others the hope of living in astablesocietyin a nation at peace.
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Unless within a very short time we provide that low cost affordable rented accommodation, we shall not achieve astablesociety.
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However, we should all recognise that, if we want a happy, successful andstablesociety, we need a decent level of savings.
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With the collapse of communism, their attempts to create astablesocietywill not be without difficulty.
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Emotional scars that the victims suffer and the power fixation that the perpetrators acquire do nothing to promote astablesociety.
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We should aim to create a peaceful, democratic andstablesociety.
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What those organisations fear most is normality and astablesociety.
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