contemporary debate
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontemporaryanddebate
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contemporary
adjective
uk/kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/us/kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/
existing or happening now, and therefore ...
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debate
noun
uk/dɪˈbeɪt/us/dɪˈbeɪt/
(a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people ...
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That is, in the terms that agitatedcontemporarydebate, it spoke to questions of private interest and public good.
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This reaction should therefore be placed firmly in the context of thecontemporarydebatewhich contrasted the auxiliary policy with proposals to reform the militia.
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Incontemporarydebate, family values, he correctly discerns, were abandoned by all political parties but the far right as early as 1985.
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A case study illustrates the argument for placing authentic self-expression and 'music proper' within the context of widercontemporarydebate.
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This episode is interesting for the causes of the collapse of this very established tradeable were the subject of acontemporarydebate.
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These ideas were reinforced bycontemporarydebateon female monarchy.
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This examination begins by delineating both thecontemporarydebateand historiography, before separating into three branches.
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Robertson especially makes clear his allegiances in thecontemporarydebatebetween monogenists and polygenists.
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Since this is a matter of considerablecontemporarydebate, most readers will probably find it the most stimulating as well as the most controversial aspect of the book.
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These translations come after more than a century of oblivion, and are a consequence of the growing attention paid to the utilitarian tradition incontemporarydebate.
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American historians interested in the shaping of their own profession, and those seeking to understand more fully thecontemporarydebateabout the status of their subject, should read it.
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This is also the sense in which it is used in the context of life extension, which constitutes the usual framework for thecontemporarydebateon the ethics of immortality.
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Re-ecting the idealism of the era, he believed that historical perspectives on the formation and consequences of public policy could informcontemporarydebateon the plight of the cities.
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She is most famed for her participation in thecontemporarydebatein gender issues.
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However,contemporarydebatehas demonstrated the difficulties in defining perdurantism (and also endurantism).
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She was active in thecontemporarydebateregarding abortus provocatus, and held numerous public speeches, lectures and courses on hygiene and related subjects.
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By providing a historical, intellectual and cultural lineage, she is able to clarify contemporary debates about regulation and cultural authority.
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Overall it is a valuable contribution to the contemporary debates surrounding freedom and d eterminism.
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That said, however, contemporary debates give no indication that anyone objected.
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Overall, the book makes a very useful contribution to contemporary debates about youth crime and anti-social behaviour.
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