unresolved tension
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunresolvedandtension
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unresolved
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.rɪˈzɒlvd/us/ˌʌn.rɪˈzɑːlvd/
If a problem or difficulty is unresolved, it is not solved ...
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tension
noun
uk/ˈten.ʃən/us/ˈten.ʃən/
a feeling of nervousness before an important or ...
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In the political beliefs and instincts of individuals and through the activities of nationalist organizations idealism and pragmatism continuously came intounresolvedtension.
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There is anunresolvedtensionbetween ' personal autonomy ' and the evidence of reciprocal economic, social and political obligations.
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But the author's discussion also shows anunresolvedtensionregarding the extent to which one can consider agency and structure as mutually exclusive perspectives.
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At the heart of this distinction is anunresolvedtensionwithin the modern notion of emancipation itself.
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On a more fundamental level the study is characterized by anunresolvedtension.
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The ongoing andunresolvedtensionbetween transcendentalism and hermeneutics thus seems constitutive of intellectual history as a discipline.
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Through the pages of this book, the reader finds manifestations of theunresolvedtensionbetween residual and emerging forces, a contestation that involved multiple producers of representations.
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There isunresolvedtensionbetween the research driver and the third, regional mission in terms of technology transfer and regional presence.
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The tests also found evidence ofunresolvedtensionin the group.
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The event caused great division within the trio for some time and anunresolvedtensionat the forefront of the band's later hiatus.
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A neurosis is a significantunresolvedtensionbetween these contending attitudes.
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