Collocations withdiscontent
These are words often used in combination withdiscontent.
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cause of discontent
That loophole should be closed once for all; otherwise, it will be a constant cause of discontent and will return to haunt us.
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feeling of discontent
The lack of legitimacy and state efficacy, as well as the general feeling of discontent and despair, stimulated mass demonstrations and the emergence of pro-democracy movements across the continent.
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general discontent
In this manner, he mobilised general discontent among tobacco farmers and other producer segments in the ejidos of the municipality.
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growing discontent
The growing discontent with scientific expert testimony provided ample ground for these anxieties.
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political discontent
Regional expressions of political discontent still seem to elicit outbursts of central generosity.
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popular discontent
In the same way, a reduction in levels of popular discontent would have meant that revolutionary syndicalism found less fertile terrain for agitation.
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public discontent
Although the ' seventh ballot ' had no legal standing it served as a striking indicator of public discontent with the existing political regime.
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social discontent
It has become a positive factory of political and social discontent.
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source of discontent
This had long been a source of discontent among the local population.
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widespread discontent
The inevitable result of all this was widespread discontent among ex-soldiers.
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winter of discontent
When it finally decided to introduce a growthinhibiting incomes policy to restrain inflation, it foundered in the 1978-9 'winter of discontent'.
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