accepted notion

collocation in English

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accepted
adjective
uk
/əkˈsep.tɪd/us
/əkˈsep.t̬ɪd/
generally agreed to be satisfactory ...
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notion
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/us
/ˈnoʊ.ʃən/
a belief ...
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(Definition ofacceptedandnotionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In conclusion, for over a decade now, and in a range of disciplines, researchers have been challenging ouracceptednotionof landscapes and spatiality.
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This implies that population pressures have increased the deforestation of natural forests, which is consistent with the commonlyacceptednotionthat population growth speeds the environmental degradation process.
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The main problem with this programme is that there is no commonlyacceptednotionof vector morphism.
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Not all research lends support to the generallyacceptednotionthat parental involvement is related to the musical achievement of instrumental students.
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There is no single and generallyacceptednotionof independence.
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Not all the schools are boarding schools, but most of them are, and boarding is an ingredient in the generallyacceptednotionof what constitutes a public school education.
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Universal logic aims to be to logic what universal algebra is to algebra; currently there is no universallyacceptednotionof logic (or logical system).
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There is no uncontroversial general definition of analytic proof, but for several proof calculi there is anacceptednotion.
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He taught against theacceptednotionthat once a machine began to spin down, that one could move on.
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She is credited with the radical but increasinglyacceptednotionthat phenotype can dominate over genotype in normal development and disease.
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The causes were not known; the most widelyacceptednotionwas that the disease was due to air-borne miasma.
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Institutional differences are reflected in accepted notions of social justice which differ between countries.
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Husserl had differentiated his new notion of phenomenon from the traditionallyacceptednotionof phenomenon as occurrence.
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