Collocations withwisdom
These are words often used in combination withwisdom.
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accepted wisdom
The accepted wisdom is that after mesh refinement spurious solutions move away and physical solutions remain.
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accumulated wisdom
In this way accumulated wisdom would lead inevitably to rapid social betterment.
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ancient wisdom
Like jurists, late medieval physicians legitimized their knowledge by relying on ancient wisdom.
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collective wisdom
The new norm is less democratic than the previous one, depending as it does on the derivations of a few theorists rather than the collective wisdom of all reasonable people.
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common wisdom
The common wisdom is straightforward: children are more able to learn another language than adults are.
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folk wisdom
But instead there grew up a sort of historians' folk wisdom about what "identity" and "national identity" are.
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infinite wisdom
The draftsman in his infinite wisdom has preferred "rateably"and my noble friend prefers"proportionately".
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pearl of wisdom
All one can say is that the searcher after his pearl of wisdom in that case was in for a very long search.
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practical wisdom
On the other hand, religiousness, spirituality and mystical experiences did not relate to practical wisdom.
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prevailing wisdom
This book supports such prevailing wisdom, but goes much further.
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received wisdom
The received wisdom is that the arts make a significant contribution to this aim.
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source of wisdom
It was a source of wisdom.
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superior wisdom
Yet, dedicated as it is to ' ' rejection, ' ' it cannot in our time retain its traditional privilege of superior wisdom : ecological catastrophe implicates us all.
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traditional wisdom
The use of proverbs helps enrich the text in which they are used, since they draw on traditional wisdom and, therefore, carry the weight of popular acceptance as authentic truth.
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word of wisdom
It may be that that was not the final word of wisdom on the matter.
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worldly wisdom
It he had had more worldly wisdom he might have been better off.
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