crisis of conscience

collocation in English

meaningsofcrisisandconscience

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crisis
noun
uk
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/us
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, ...
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conscience
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.ʃəns/us
/ˈkɑːn.ʃəns/
the part of you that judges how moral your own actions are and makes you feel guilty about bad things that you have done or things you feel ...
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(Definition ofcrisisandconsciencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcrisis of conscience

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Alternatively, a civil servant may face acrisisofconscienceabout policies or actions that he has been asked to carry out.
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For the moment, it suggests to me acrisisofconsciencein his mind.
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During these last weeks every teacher has had to face acrisisofconscience.
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Suddenly, at 28 weeks, it becomes a major problem—acrisisofconscience, almost.
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If he had done so, he should have been able to see that he too might have acrisisofconscience.
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More immediately, of course, we face—or many people appear to face—acrisisofconscienceabout the immediate action to be pursued.
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Some of those who administer housing benefit will be faced with acrisisofconscience.
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We all know what his personal views are, and it may be that he is in some slight difficulty, or even acrisisofconscience, on this subject.
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That is an awfulcrisisofconscience.
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I had acrisisofconscience.
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There is acrisisofconscience.
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Bagley has acrisisofconscienceabout the ethics of advertising, which leads to mania.
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This leads him to acrisisofconscience.
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This is not a crisis of thought, but acrisisofconscience.
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She agrees to the deal but has acrisisofconscience, and does not believe she or anyone else should be turned into a product.
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Karl agrees to make his act for the finale a medium display, but begins to suffer acrisisofconscience.
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Mabuti suffers acrisisofconscienceafter she comes upon a bag of moneymillions of pesos, at that.
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He later has acrisisofconscience.
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Fletcher then has acrisisofconscienceand shouts at the judge to reverse the decision, and is taken to jail for contempt of court.
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