moral conviction

collocation in English

meaningsofmoralandconviction

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moral
adjective
uk
/ˈmɒr.əl/us
/ˈmɔːr.əl/
relating to the standards of good or bad behaviour, fairness, honesty, etc. that each person believes in, rather than ...
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conviction
noun
uk
/kənˈvɪk.ʃən/us
/kənˈvɪk.ʃən/
the fact of officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime, or the act of officially finding ...
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(Definition ofmoralandconvictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thismoralconvictionderived only partly, in their view, from the exercise of human reason.
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He delivers the avant-garde aesthetic and espousesmoralconvictionto architecture but do the buildings work?
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An autodidact, with no undergraduate degree, he brought a powerful intellect and matchingmoralconviction to the rapidly changing worlds of health and social welfare.
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That is ourmoralconviction, and no one will be able to take it away from us, with or without votes.
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Thismoralconvictionalone affords that ever-fresh resilience which renews the strength and energy of people in long, doubtful and dark days.
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That measure will regulate matters of great importance, some of which turn as much onmoralconvictionas on medical, legal and scientific issues.
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During that time he has been an outstanding religious leader ofmoralconvictionand high principle.
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I confess that there are cases when one is strongly tempted to apply the proviso, because one very often feels themoralconvictionthat the man appealing is guilty.
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The only way for us to manifest our political andmoralconvictionon these issues, from whatever political party we come, is to abstain from voting.
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She is best known for her research into justice and fairness,moralconviction, and political reasoning.
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In addition to his firmmoralconvictionhe also possesses great physical strength and courage.
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Individuals prefer greater social and physical distance from attitudinally dissimilar others whenmoralconvictionwas high.
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Importantly, this effect ofmoralconvictioncould not be explained by traditional measures of attitude strength, extremity, or centrality.
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Aysa believes in living a venerable life through meditation, rigorous training, andmoralconviction.
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It had themoralconvictionof a religious icon and the persuasiveness of the advertising man's dream soap commercial - yet it was a present reality.
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Other lines celebrate the woman's assertiveness andmoralconvictionas the singer's tone alternates between devotion and contempt.
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In other words, our personal moral convictions are not so badly aligned with general welfare that it would be better if they did not exist.
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The main thing here is that no one of us is entitled to convert her or his moral convictions into legal regulations.
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Instead, rules should be selected solely according to whether they express our considered moral convictions.
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He turned to psychology as well as continuing work in meteorology but his meteorological work was now hampered by his moral convictions.
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