adversarial nature
collocation in Englishmeaningsofadversarialandnature
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adversarial
adjective
uk/ˌæd.vəˈseə.ri.əl/us/ˌæd.vɚˈser.i.əl/
involving people opposing or disagreeing with ...
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nature
noun
uk/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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It would be reasonable to assume that custody disputes, with theiradversarialnature, would lead to the infiltration of criticism of therapeutic ways of knowing into the legal field.
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Thatadversarialnaturedoes a disservice to family law, and we must reconsider the introduction of family courts.
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What people dislike about this place is theadversarialnatureof the political party debate.
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However, my argument does not rest only on theadversarialnatureof the courts.
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Mention has been made of one of the problems found in the juvenile courts because of theadversarialnatureof the proceedings.
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A great many of my constituents dislike theadversarialnatureof the political debate in this place.
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Theadversarialnatureof our industrial relations must be ended.
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We must try to eliminate theadversarialnatureof the system.
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Family courts are important because theadversarialnatureof magistrates courts, and sometimes of other courts, destroys the possibility of any decency in the proceedings.
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For many of us, the theatre of politics is part of its attraction but for others the confrontational,adversarialnatureof politics makes political involvement deeply unattractive.
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Which people dislike theadversarialnature?
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One of her contributions was to alter theadversarialnatureof the therapist-client relationship in favor of an alliance based on intersubjective tough love.
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