critical inquiry
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcriticalandinquiry
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critical
adjective
uk/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kəl/
saying that someone or something is bad ...
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inquiry
noun
uk/ɪnˈkwaɪə.ri/us/ˈɪŋ.kwɚ.i/
(the process of asking) ...
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(Definition ofcriticalandinquiryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But the source of her emotive power remains elusive, crying out for furthercriticalinquiry.
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But here as elsewhere, marxist thinking rulescriticalinquiryinto these matters unnecessary.
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As a post-disciplinary field ofcriticalinquiry, cultural studies would appear more in tune with global developments.
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The central recommendation is the need to embrace more warmly the post-disciplinary fields ofcriticalinquiryof which cultural studies is probably the best known.
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Their insights into their ideas of the perceiver, the reciprocal half of the creative equation, offer significant implications forcriticalinquiry.
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These are ancient relationships, and they remain at the centre of anycriticalinquiryworth making.
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Morris' texts are themselves deeply imbricated, not without their inconsistencies and contradictions, and also the subject of a sustained body ofcriticalinquiry.
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If scholarlycriticalinquiryis to have any intellectual authority it needs to draw a firm line between that which is reasonable and that which is not.
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Our best defense is to continue to produce honest and serious scholarship and to train our students in the best tradition of nuanced andcriticalinquiry.
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While there is no reason to think that the development of corporate ties at bioethics centers must inevitably hampercriticalinquiry, there also exists grounds for caution.
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I therefore offer the following observations about some main themes of the above autobiographical sketch as tentative and more properly the subject ofcriticalinquiryby historians in the future.
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It is a song to freedom of expression, freedom of thought andcriticalinquiry, and freedom from organized religion.
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The award is given in recognition of distinguished contributions in the use ofcriticalinquiry, scientific evidence, and reason in evaluating claims to knowledge.
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We will promote connections with local, national and international stakeholders and provide an environment where intellectual risk taking andcriticalinquiryare valued.
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Despite more than a century of diverse and intricate negotiations between opera and cinema, it was not until the late 1980s that critical inquiries into these negotiations began to emerge.
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