stratum of society

collocation in English

meaningsofstratumandsociety

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stratum
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstrɑː.təm/us
/ˈstreɪt̬.əm/
one of the parts or layers into which something ...
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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 ofstratumandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is not an issue affecting any onestratumofsociety, as has been made clear by speakers this afternoon.
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They come from an entirely differentstratumofsociety.
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This cut in housing benefit for the under-25s can only feed thatstratumofsociety.
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There are people in this country who regard the professions as the special preserve of those in a certainstratumofsociety.
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The whole of the upperstratumofsocietyis party to this corruption.
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But it is unbalanced and undesirable that counsellors should be drawn only from onestratumofsociety.
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The effect of drugs does not make its mark on onestratumofsociety.
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Sensitiveness about professional skill is not confined to onestratumofsociety.
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Civil servants by and large are drawn from a very narrowstratumofsociety—right at the top.
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Now the unemployed are to be found in everystratumofsociety, and modern technology has superseded the need for the grand tour.
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In such circumstances, we can see why there is such a problem of obesity among the lowerstratumofsociety.
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Unfortunately, the managers seem to come from a differentstratumofsociety.
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For them too often the classrooms represent so many shackles holding them down in the adolescentstratumofsociety.
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And of course they tapped astratumofsocietywhich no other recruiting sergeant tapped.
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I do not believe that it is confined to a particularstratumofsociety; it is not related to poverty or wealth, but crosses the spectrum.
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It is not confined to the working classes; we see it in everystratumofsociety, even those among which we ourselves for the most part move.
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The problem is that those in thisstratumofsocietyhave come to prefer foreign foods.
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