collective identity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcollectiveandidentity
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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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identity
noun
uk/aɪˈden.tə.ti/us/aɪˈden.t̬ə.t̬i/
a person's name and other facts about who ...
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(Definition ofcollectiveandidentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This consciousness is historically grounded, giving recognition and value to a form of society andcollectiveidentitywhich predates the nation-state.
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I have argued thatcollectiveidentityis an emergent construct shaped within practices that define a community.
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This last point regardingcollectiveidentityin later life is crucial.
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That also clearly indicates that personal experiences of cultural globalization and related everyday lifestyles can be indeed separate from one'scollectiveidentity.
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Such an apparently decisive choice ofcollectiveidentityobscures the undercurrents of ideological struggle in the region.
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Collectiveidentityneeds to have a (mutually formed) past.
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Youth culture offers acollectiveidentity, a reference group from which youth can develop an individual identity.
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The characteristic matters to thecollectiveidentityof people who have it.
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One is the focus oncollectiveidentity, which de-emphasises individual experience, thereby foreclosing biographical approaches.
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In general, 'housewives' are too disparate to have acollectiveidentity.
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Some commentators suggest that housewives have acollectiveidentity, or ethic.
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A strongcollectiveidentitywill ensure that the initial response of many union members will not involve calculations of individual utility.
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It is undertaken by a group who either have the samecollectiveidentity, or a goal greater than the art form itself, or both.
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Such strike actions that also strike at thecollectiveidentitythreaten all who profess to be physicians.
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This is a new form ofcollectiveidentity.
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It is not clear, however, that socio-economic conditions translate directly into claims about individual andcollectiveidentity.
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In this way, the performance becomes a restoration ofcollectiveidentityby the collective.
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