accepted wisdom

collocation in English

meaningsofacceptedandwisdom

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withwisdom.
accepted
adjective
uk
/əkˈsep.tɪd/us
/əkˈsep.t̬ɪd/
generally agreed to be satisfactory ...
See more ataccepted
wisdom
noun[U]
uk
/ˈwɪz.dəm/us
/ˈwɪz.dəm/
the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make good decisions ...
See more atwisdom

(Definition ofacceptedandwisdomfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaccepted wisdom

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
They point out how many of us have been unable to escape the assumption that the senses are separate channels even as we claimed we were rejecting thatacceptedwisdom.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Cowen does not have any easy answers but casts a helpful critical eye on some of theacceptedwisdomof the day.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To have an open competitive regime has now become theacceptedwisdom.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
But that is not theacceptedwisdomat sea.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They talk as if that were theacceptedwisdom.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Theacceptedwisdomis that proprietors should not interfere with editorial policy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is nowacceptedwisdomand best practice in the health service.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That counsel of despair was theacceptedwisdomof sociologists, liberal academics and left-wing commentators.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I think that independent questioning ofacceptedwisdomis one of the supreme parliamentary virtues.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This has been theacceptedwisdomin these matters for a considerable time.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Is that not another case of repeatingacceptedwisdomwithout challenging it?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I know thatacceptedwisdomsays we must deal with this by a price policy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
For years, theacceptedwisdomwas that reducing the number of beds in the health service did not affect patient care.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Therefore, one should be thrown back upon theacceptedwisdomin broadcasting, which is to set the guidelines.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Does he agree that the spin-offs from projects such as this are incalculable, and that the spin-offs are always much more considerable than theacceptedwisdom?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
At the time it seemed to be theacceptedwisdomand most followed this pattern, although some—possibly because they were better informed than others—took longer to look over the courses.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Scientists are used to being despised and discredited when they challenge theacceptedwisdom, and when they confirm what everyone says they knew anyway.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He will, however, need considerable willpower to reverse some of the widelyacceptedwisdomin penal reform which has been tried and has not proved successful in practice.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It has almost become theacceptedwisdomthat women become lone parents of their own free will, to get extra benefits and a new council flat.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofaccepted
Go to the definition ofwisdom
See other collocations withwisdom