compassionate society

collocation in English

meaningsofcompassionateandsociety

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compassionate
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpæʃ.ən.ət/us
/kəmˈpæʃ.ən.ət/
feeling or showing sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others, and wanting to ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofcompassionateandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We in this country assume that we are acompassionatesociety.
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Being acompassionatesociety, we provided him with a respirator, since he cannot otherwise breathe.
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The welfare state, thecompassionatesocietyand the caring community are concepts crucial to a society making any claims to be humane and civilised.
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All this is a sign of a tolerant, understanding andcompassionatesociety.
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They should come in from the cold into the warmth of a caring and acompassionatesociety.
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As for those who have no car in this so-calledcompassionatesociety, that is their hard luck: they will have to do without.
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That is regrettable and acompassionatesocietyshould by now have provided suitable alternatives.
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Every basic element of ourcompassionatesocietyis to be destroyed.
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Both housing benefit and sick pay are part of the established provision which acompassionatesocietymakes.
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But in the case we are considering here surely we are becoming a more permissive society, in the sense of a morecompassionatesociety.
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It should function as the result of the contribution which a just andcompassionatesocietydemands from vigorous industry.
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I believe it is a reflection of the measure of our civilisation—acompassionatesociety.
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We speak about thecompassionatesocietyand about the need to keep people within the community.
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We have acompassionatesocietywhich is willing to give and gives voluntarily.
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It is a humiliation with which anycompassionatesocietyshould wish to dispense, especially as it is unnecessary and inefficient.
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They are disgraceful in any decent andcompassionatesociety.
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After all, where should our true concern lie in acompassionatesociety?
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Stress, misery, frustration and hardship are being experienced on too great a scale for comfort in thecompassionatesocietyon which we pride ourselves.
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