contemporary society

collocation in English

meaningsofcontemporaryandsociety

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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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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofcontemporaryandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Incontemporarysociety, there are strong social norms against such envy.
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In other cases, overexposure tocontemporarysocietywas blamed or mystical explanations appealed to.
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The book is also sufficiently accessible for underand post-graduate students seeking to understand the basic causes and consequences of youth homelessness incontemporarysociety.
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The role of archaeology incontemporarysocietymust accordingly be considered.
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Incontemporarysociety, obsessed with time and efficiency, to complete something quickly also implies completing it successfully.
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These enthusiasms in part reflected concerns about the bad influences incontemporarysocietyon young people.
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This was also seen as a sign or icon forcontemporarysociety, a reflection of rationalisation.
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Although they participate in many realms ofcontemporarysociety, they reject any aspect of it that threatens their way of life.
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Lost horizons regained : old age and the anthropology ofcontemporarysociety.
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This anxiety was particularly related to a perception of the uncontrolled pleasures of popular culture that might threaten the very fabric ofcontemporarysociety.
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It is difficult now to imagine attempting to account for an experience of growing older incontemporarysocietywithout reference to ageism.
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She repeatedly advocated academic reform in order to provide artistic training to a broader section ofcontemporarysociety.
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Contemporarysocietyfound such assertions difficult to believe, and suffragettes themselves contradicted them.
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Similarly, the reading of the fragmented, plural nature ofcontemporarysocietycan only be upheld by denying this diversity in the past.
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Incontemporarysociety, however, the traditional familial values and customs have significantly weakened.
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It's not just a product ofcontemporarysociety.
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While seventeenth-century novels and romances had implicitly confirmed the social order, the memoir was a genre of critique ofcontemporarysociety.
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Postmodernists emphasise the changing nature ofcontemporarysociety, its individualism and pluralism, and struggle with the tensions between universalism and particularism.
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It is this heightened vulnerability, often more real than perceived, which is the cause of some of the greatest tragedies incontemporarysociety.
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The postmodern perspective ofcontemporarysocietyacknowledges change as important and recognises multitudinous social relations.
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