sense of mastery

collocation in English

meaningsofsenseandmastery

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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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mastery
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmɑː.stər.i/
us
/ˈmæs.tɚ.i/
complete control ...
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(Definition ofsenseandmasteryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There were no differences between the groups insenseofmastery.
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This drive represents a rediscovery of thesenseofmasteryover individual existence and after 1900 becomes the most profound unifier across nations and mentalities.
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Minimize students' feelings of ignorance and impotence in the face of social problems; maximize their social awareness andsenseofmastery.
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He intended to break the bonds between workers and awaken asenseofmasteryamong the manufacturers.
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Neither did problem-solving treatment result in a quicker or greatersenseofmasteryand self-control as rated by patients.
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Similarly, patients on medication had a greatersenseofmasteryat 6 weeks.
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Higher scores represent a greatersenseofmastery.
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This study has shown patient ratings of problem severity and of theirsenseofmasteryand self-control to be clearly associated with the severity of their depressive disorder.
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Each of these areas may have an impact on a parent's ability to provide children with the support they require to develop asenseofmasteryand negotiate developmental challenges.
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Giving up physics after the war took away the gratification that comes from thesenseofmasteryand accomplishment in work well done and the accompanying pride.
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Evidently, though, these metaphors of technological system and synthesis, from which the cultural elites obtained asenseofmasteryof the mechanical, did not hold after 1890.
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The enclosed, padded, constrained, low structures prevent the child from taking risks and developing asenseofmasteryover his or her environment.
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An individual'ssenseofmasteryproved to be an important moderator of self-esteem trajectory for all participants.
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On the other hand, caregivers that are more optimistic or who acquire asenseofmasteryfrom caregiving tend to adjust better to the experience.
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Other benefits of caregiving include: an improved sense of self-worth, increased self-satisfaction, asenseofmastery, increased intimacy with their ill loved one, and a sense of meaning.
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By contrast, the child on a low piece of equipment, designed to reduce the incidence of injuries from falls, experiences no such thrill,senseofmastery, or accomplishment.
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