sense of continuity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseandcontinuity
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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continuity
noun[U]
uk/ˌkɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ə.ti/us/ˌkɑːn.tənˈuː.ə.t̬i/
the fact of something continuing for a long period of time without being changed ...
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(Definition ofsenseandcontinuityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A certainsenseofcontinuityis provided by the consistent system of lighting.
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Faced with these stereotypes, how do older people both sustain asenseofcontinuityand self-identity, and manage the changes that accompany personal ageing?
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Relating to one's own heritage can provide a community with asenseofcontinuityeven in times of extreme discontinuities.
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It is clear that while individuals have worked on independent chapters, linkages are made between chapters which ensures asenseofcontinuityand coherence.
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A townsman's attachment to his city coexisted with a strongsenseofcontinuitybetween the town and the wider cultural environment.
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The key feature of contrast is that thesenseofcontinuityis maintained.
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Making the best of the situation in adjusting to the role of carer seems to preserve asenseofcontinuityin the marital relationship.
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In developing a self-narrative, the individual creates asenseofcontinuityover time as well as coherent connections among self-relevant life events.
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It is shown that environmental defects, such as poorly configured domestic spaces, have consequences for older people'ssenseofcontinuityand choice.
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Asenseofcontinuityis also captured in human relationships.
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These serve to create a completely falsesenseofcontinuitybetween human and animal societies.
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One's historicalsenseofcontinuityis usually constructed from off shore, and depends on individual ethnic background and international perspectives.
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These differences in the city have not lost their meanings, value, andsenseofcontinuitywith the past, either in the communities or their neighbours.
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Nevertheless, above and beyond that conferred by the text, there exists asenseofcontinuitywithin the passage.
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The flagstone, even as a skin, would bring something else to our wall, physical and poetic, asenseofcontinuity, personal memory.
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For the participants in this study, social ballroom and particularly modern sequence dancing appeared to provide an importantsenseofcontinuity.
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It allows for a variety of rationales for doing history, which in the aggregate will develop asenseofcontinuitywith the past.
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At a stage when life is physically ending, people seek alternative ways of finding asenseofcontinuity.
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These performers had a considerable following, not to mention practical experience, which provided asenseofcontinuityand familiarity for contemporary audiences.
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While the contrast is obvious, there is also asenseofcontinuity.
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