moral seriousness
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandseriousness
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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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seriousness
noun[U]
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əs.nəs/us/ˈsɪr.i.əs.nəs/
the state of being very bad ...
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(Definition ofmoralandseriousnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is a tremendous sense of resolve about the group, a kind ofmoralseriousness.
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Particularly in public settings, only such references successfully communicate the appropriate sense ofmoralseriousnessin language many find authoritative.
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The insecure girl has become a young woman of rare courage andmoralseriousness.
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It is an ' open universe ', still in the making - thusmoralseriousnessis important, our choices and efforts make a difference, our ideals can be realized.
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I am wondering whether themoralseriousnessof what we are now discussing is really attended to by the production of a list which everyone knows about anyway.
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Some lost faith in themselves, concluding that a lack ofmoralseriousnessin intellectual culture had been the cause of the rebellion.
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Pure landscape, like pure still-life or genre painting, reflected an aesthetic viewpoint regarded as lacking inmoralseriousness.
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He published little, and established no school, but was revered for his extraordinary intelligence andmoralseriousness.
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I was impressed by the underlyingmoralseriousness.
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Ernst's argument therefore concentrated on downplaying the novel's subversive or potentially offensive elements and emphasizing its artistic integrity andmoralseriousness.
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