collective consciousness
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcollectiveandconsciousness
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collective
adjective[before noun]
uk/kəˈlek.tɪv/us/kəˈlek.tɪv/
of or shared by every member of a group ...
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consciousness
noun[U]
uk/ˈkɒn.ʃəs.nəs/us/ˈkɑːn.ʃəs.nəs/
the state of understanding and ...
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Just as earthquakes and -oods erupt under pressure, causing abrupt mutations of the natural environment, men and women experienced psychological changes affecting theircollectiveconsciousness.
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It demonstrates that nationalism, as acollectiveconsciousness, is embedded in the very system of colonialism that it apparently was confronting and trying to delegitimize.
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The plague left an enormous mark on the public life andcollectiveconsciousnessof late medieval and early modern society.
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Social constructivism brings a new dimension into identity studies - that of individual andcollectiveconsciousness.
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The play highlights both the dire consequences of a lack ofcollectiveconsciousnessand the way the changes in management techniques have caused the world of work to disintegrate.
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The collection of minds within the street, and thus the street itself, can then be said to have acollectiveconsciousnessand unconsciousness of its own.
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The key issue here was the popularization of the idea thatcollectiveconsciousness, once identified and quantified, could serve as the legitimizing principle for territorial claims.
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Anderson has chosen to explain the emergence of nationalism by probing the material and institutional mechanisms through whichcollectiveconsciousnesshas been transformed.
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That does not mean that the manifestations of third-age lifestyles, belief systems, and whatevercollectiveconsciousnessit possesses, are not systematically related to differences in income and wealth at retirement.
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The theme of the impact of war oncollectiveconsciousnessis important to medievalists, and beside the divisive effects of conflict, powerful until 1485, must be set unifying influences.
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The conviction resides in acollectiveconsciousnesswhich has grown up like a plant out of the successes and failures of our history.
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Another remarkable development is the way in which the lottery has already become ingrained in ourcollectiveconsciousness.
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The place that many of these sites have in ourcollectiveconsciousnesscrosses national boundaries.
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Semiotic art history seeks to uncover the codified meaning or meanings in an aesthetic object by examining its connectedness to acollectiveconsciousness.
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So, how do we explain the economic structures-literary manifestations link outside of thecollectiveconsciousness?
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Thecollectiveconsciousnesscan be alerted to an impending volcanic eruption because of the consciousness of the inanimate matter involved, and take the necessary precautions.
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Opposition took pride of place as a legitimizing device in the postwar order and has become an indelible part of thecollectiveconsciousness.
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His writings explore reincarnation, the philosophical implications of non-ordinary states of consciousness and the dynamics ofcollectiveconsciousnesswithin the classroom.
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Within a contemporary context, he comments on thecollectiveconsciousnesswith overall bold geometric and typographic elements.
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