widespread notion

collocation in English

meaningsofwidespreadandnotion

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widespread
adjective
uk
/ˌwaɪdˈspred/us
/ˌwaɪdˈspred/
existing or happening in many places and/or among ...
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notion
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/us
/ˈnoʊ.ʃən/
a belief ...
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(Definition ofwidespreadandnotionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thewidespreadnotionthat the army might act as a school shows how difficult it is to separate domestic political imperatives from military ones.
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Being an intuitive andwidespreadnotion, sets are commonly used by scientists for formalizing problems.
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Thewidespreadnotionthat there are good historical reasons for our present eccentric spellings is thus shown to be frequently quite unfounded - but we pay the price for the inconsistency.
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The difficulty in imposing order at the beach highlighted thewidespreadnotionof the beach as an extraordinary place in the cultural geography of the city.
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Preventive measures should therefore involve spreading a culture of life as an alternative to thewidespreadnotionthat everything around us is about to collapse.
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There is awidespreadnotionthat the life sentence lasts, on average, from 10 to 12 years.
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In the late 1990s, he introduced the nowwidespreadnotionof communicative leadership, focusing on the communication aspects of leadership in organisations.
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Women's of progress was uphill; they first had to counter thewidespreadnotionthat women's bodies were so restricted and delicate that vigorous physical activity was dangerous.
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How did the powerful and widespread notions of honour and masculinity affect military behaviour?
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This principle reflected widespread notions that people use limited cognitive resources, or use an economy-minded approach to information processing when presented with persuasive information.
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