climate of opinion

collocation in English

meaningsofclimateandopinion

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climate
adjective[only before noun]
uk
/ˈklaɪ.mət/us
/ˈklaɪ.mət/
relating to ...
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opinion
noun
uk
/əˈpɪn.jən/us
/əˈpɪn.jən/
a thought or belief about something ...
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(Definition ofclimateandopinionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofclimate of opinion

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If no longer supplying a "wholeclimateofopinion," its effect on the psychological weather thus endures.
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The intellectualclimateofopinionis more favorable to a free-market society, but the practical world is less favorable.
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Where did you get the energy, knowing that the archaeologicalclimateofopinionthese days is rather inimical to this type of work?
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Yet by the early 1990s few could doubt that theclimateofopinionabout the public provision of welfare really had changed.
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By the time the report was circulated for comment, however, theclimateofopinionhad chilled considerably, as had the economic outlook.
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Given thisclimateofopinionit is unsurprising that proposals to control prices and profits made little progress.
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A generalclimateofopinionis thus created which discourages the intelligent and ambitious boy from going into an industrial occupation.
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In recent years, however, theclimateofopinionand relations between the two countries have become very much worse.
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I commend that change in theclimateofopinion; but it must be reflected in actions.
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I think that the initiative itself fulfilled its purpose of creating a betterclimateofopinionfor tackling some of these problems.
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After 13 years in opposition—and we can understand theclimateofopinion—they were electioneering after the election was over.
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How can we change thisclimateofopinion?
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I know, of course, that theclimateofopinionon foreign affairs varies almost from month to month, often depending on quite unpredictable factors.
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They thought only that theclimateofopinion(which means the climate of employers' opinion) had not yet moved sufficiently.
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It is a state of feeling, aclimateofopinion, which, both for good and ill reasons, we have discarded as a nation.
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An undoubted factor is what one might describe as theclimateofopinion, the general attitude to the problem.
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He said that he wanted to promote aclimateofopinionin which discussions could be carried on and all possible solutions considered.
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It will do a lot to create aclimateofopinionin industry in which such changes become more acceptable and in consequence more practicable.
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Indeed, we should not say such things, because it contributes to theclimateofopinionwhich encourages this division.
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