culture of dependency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcultureanddependency
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culture
noun
uk/ˈkʌl.tʃər/us/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ/
the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a ...
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dependency
noun
uk/dɪˈpen.dən.si/us/dɪˈpen.dən.si/
a situation in which you need something or someone and are unable to continue normally ...
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(Definition ofcultureanddependencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofculture of dependency
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A newcultureofdependencywas emerging, which would look to any populist leader for relief.
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This in turn detached them from society and created a quasi-permanent underclass trapped into acultureofdependency.
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It debases recipients and leads to the creation of an underclass, pauperism and acultureofdependency.
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There would be very real long-term costs associated with such an increase in thecultureofdependency.
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The schools' reaction reflects acultureofdependencywhich should, in time, be dispelled.
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We need to extend opportunities for all and not reinforce thecultureofdependencythat has done so much to reinforce the present problems.
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We need to get away from thecultureofdependencyto that of self-employment and employment in order to retain one's own self-respect.
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We cannot change overnight thecultureofdependencyor the view that the benefit system is a legitimate target for theft.
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There is also a suggestion here that we have now acultureofdependencybecause of direct payments to farmers.
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I am pleased also that those changes relate not only to the payment of benefits, but are also about looking at our society and challenging thecultureofdependency.
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Unfortunately for all its citizens - the well off and the poor alike - these subsidies are self-defeating for they strip away initiative from people and produce acultureofdependency.
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The coal mining industry sustained the village economically and socially, but it bred acultureofdependencythat stifled enterprise and exacted an enormous price in environmental and health terms.
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A newcultureofdependencywas emerging, which would look to any populist leader for relief.
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